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River Flood Warning 94, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 22, 2024Minnehaha County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Jun 22, 2024, 3:40 AM CDT for Minnehaha County, South Dakota. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 2024, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2024, 3:40 AM CDT
In force
21 days
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Moderate

County Minnehaha County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Skunk Creek near Hartford (HTFS2).

Action stage
9 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
11 ft
Major stage
16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06481493, 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 21, 6:26 PM CDT, 9 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 21, 6:26 PM CDT, 9 hours 14 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:32 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDAurora, Brule, Charles Mix, Davison, Douglas, Gregory and 2 more3 hr
Jun 21, 7:33 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDBon Homme, Clay, Hutchinson, Lincoln, McCook, Minnehaha and 2 more4 hr
Jun 21, 7:57 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFSDClay, Lincoln, Minnehaha, Turner, Yankton4 hr
Jun 22, 1:30 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFSDUnion59 hr
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDBon Homme3 days
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDUnion21 days
Jun 22, 7:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDMoody21 days
Jun 22, 7:15 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDMoody21 days
Jun 22, 10:32 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDUnion6 days
Jun 22, 12:28 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDBrookings21 days
Jun 22, 2:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDMoody21 days
Jun 22, 2:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDMinnehaha, Moody21 days
Jun 22, 6:12 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDMoody21 days
Jun 21, 8:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDDickinson, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola, Sioux4 hr
Jun 21, 8:45 PM CDTFlash Flood Warning Considerable damage threatFSDLyon, Osceola4 hr
Jun 21, 9:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDOsceola32 min
Jun 21, 9:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDClay, Dickinson, O'Brien, Sioux4 hr
Jun 21, 9:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDSioux17 min
Jun 21, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDO'Brien, Osceola30 min
Jun 21, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDClay, Dickinson33 min
Jun 22, 1:56 AM CDTFlash Flood Warning EmergencyCatastrophic damage threatFSDSioux3 hr
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDO'Brien21 days
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDDickinson23 days
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDClay21 days
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDSioux21 days
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDDickinson21 days
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDPlymouth, Woodbury3 days
Jun 22, 7:18 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDCherokee29 hr
Jun 21, 7:06 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone, Rock4 hr
Jun 22, 3:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFSDLyon21 days
Jun 22, 8:34 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFSDCottonwood25 hr
Jun 22, 11:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLyon31 min

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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.