Runoff from snow melt along with periods of rainfall through mid March caused minor flooding along portions of the James River. Impacts were found generally in lowland agricultural locations.
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Runoff from snow melt along with periods of rainfall through mid March caused minor flooding along portions of the James River. Impacts were found generally in lowland agricultural locations.
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NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Mar 15, 9:01 PM CST, 4 hours 59 minutes earlier.
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Heavy rainfall along with snow melt caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along Firesteel Creek. The river reached a crest of 3.0 feet above flood stage near Mount Vernon (gage site MTVS2) on March 17.
Heavy rainfall along with snow melt caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along Firesteel Creek. The river reached a crest of 3.0 feet above flood stage near Mount Vernon (gage site MTVS2) on March 17.
Heavy rainfall along with snow melt caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along portions of the James River. The river reached a crest of 1.1 feet above flood stage near Mitchell (gage site JRMS2) on March 21.
Heavy rainfall along with snow melt caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along portions of the James River. The river reached a crest of 1.1 feet above flood stage near Mitchell (gage site JRMS2) on March 21.
Heavy rainfall along with snow melt caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along portions of the James River. The river reached a crest of 1.1 feet above flood stage near Mitchell (gage site JRMS2) on March 21.
Heavy rainfall along with snow melt caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along portions of the James River. The river reached a crest of 1.1 feet above flood stage near Mitchell (gage site JRMS2) on March 21.
Heavy rainfall along with snow melt caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along portions of the James River. The river reached a crest of 0.7 feet above flood stage near Scotland (gage site SCOS2) on March 26.
Heavy rainfall along with snow melt caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along portions of the James River. The river reached a crest of 0.7 feet above flood stage near Scotland (gage site SCOS2) on March 26.
Heavy rainfall along with snow melt caused minor flooding of lowland agricultural areas along portions of the James River. The river reached a crest of 0.7 feet above flood stage near Scotland (gage site SCOS2) on March 26.
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