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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 4, 20244 counties in Iowa

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2024, 9:57 AM CDT for 4 counties in Iowa. It took effect at Jun 5, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 4, 2024, 9:57 AM CDT (14:57 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 5, 2024, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired
Jun 7, 2024, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
57 hr
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Buena Vista County, IA, Cherokee County, IA, Clay County, IA, O'Brien County, IA

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Little Sioux River at Linn Grove (LNNI4). The gauge peaked at 16.70 ft at Jun 6, 2024, 2:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
14 ft
Minor stage
16.5 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
22.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06605850, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Jun 3, 6:34 PM CDT, 15 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 6:34 PM CDT, 15 hours 23 minutes before
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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.