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23.9  sqmi Willow Creek nr Crooks, SD

Continuous Nexrad Radar Rainfall-Runoff Comparisons in Real-Time
With Radar Hourly Ratio Adjustments and Snowmelt Provided by GetRealtime
More Basin Snowmelt Comparisons Here

May 10, 2019 to ... now and then as needed for Nowcasts and Snowcasts.

 

source:  Wunderground/Intellicast

 

Current composite radar loop above.  Below is zoomed FSD N0Q hi-res radar at Sioux Falls, Wundergages, and adjusted N0Q at watersheds.  Note that the raw N0Q radar here almost always shows "ground clutter" because of being so close to the radar site. Ground clutter (0.05" to 0.1" a day) is just another simple matter that rain gage adjustment removes.  No rain at the rain gages for the hour then no radar rain.  The rain gages are not heated so MRSM-A2M radar product is being tested this winter.  The rain gages appear to match the A2M totals when they thaw out the next day or two.

 

 

 

The 23.9 sqmi Willow Creek basin was not subdivided and the USGS gage is 06481497 WILLOW CREEK NEAR CROOKS, SD.  The basin boundary was digitized using Google Earth Pro Add Polygon method and saved as a KML file.  My GoogleKML2Text.exe program then converts the kml to text for my LatLongPixelsFromFile.exe that creates the GetRealtime basin boundary pixels.  These programs are free on my Help web page from the top menu above.

 

The USGS does not provide flow values, just stage in cooperation with the City of Sioux Falls.  They have made a couple flow measurements a year since 2001 and are subject to heavy vegitation and ice.  I constructed a flow vs stage table for lookups of the USGS provided stage.

 

Annual peak FLOWS are also provided since 2001 and I created a Log Pearson III annual propability distribution of the peaks for use for reporting peak flow recurrence.  I also got the NOAA Atlas 14 partial probability rainfall depths for reporting the 5-min to 3-day recurrence of rain depth.

 

Last model run info from database as text each run (GetFromAccessNOW.exe):     

 

 

 

NWS Snowcast Model Point LYOS2  :

 

NWS Model Point LYOS2 Compared to GRT Using NWS Rain+Snow Precip: input:

Current NWS snowpack:

 

NOTE ALL TIMES ARE FOR MY PACIFIC TIME ZONE

Current automated graphs and radar (updated often when runoff)

 

Summary of Snowmelt (Series 1=Blue, Series 2=Pink, Series 3=Orange):

 

Radar ratio adjusted rainfall and Wundergages (pink is second parameter referred to)  :

Stage from GRT, USGS gage, & HMS (3rd parameter HMS is orange):

 

 

Wundergages and radar ratio adjustment of N0Q.  A2M may use a constant adjustment during winter.  Yellow gages are not used:

 

 

Past runoff comparisons:

 

Sep 15, 2019:

 

 

Willow Creek nr Crooks, SD Point precipitation frequency estimates (inches) NOAA Atlas 14 Volume 8 Version 2 Data type: Precipitation depth Time series type: Partial duration Project area: Midwestern States Location name (ESRI Maps): Crooks South Dakota USA Station Name: - Latitude: 43.7030° Longitude: -96.8310° Elevation (USGS): 1604.08 ft

 

Annual Peak Flows since 2001:

 

Flow Rating:

 

 

GetRealtime_setup.txt:

 

Future Days=5
Percent Missing Allowed= 100%
Write Dailys= True
Write Hourly Avg= True
Write Daily Max= True
Write Unit Values= True
Write Unit Shifts= False
Overwrite Protected Source 5= True
Check for Possible Bad Values= False
Possible Bad Value Change= 200%
Last Runoff Run's Storage= True
Minutes between retrievals=60
Max hours of radar=4
Save Radar greater than= False
Beep on Save= False
Delete temporary internet files=True
Loop radar boundaries=True
Use Nexrad Ridge1 full web file listing=False
Use Nexrad short web file listing=False
Use Nexrad Ridge2 Iowa State Mesonet=True
Use Nowcast 70R30 line=False
Compact and Backup HDB at midnight= True
GetAccess.exe folder=C:\GETPROJECTS\GETWILLOWCR\GETACCESS\
GetGraphs.exe folder=C:\GETPROJECTS\GETWILLOWCR\GETGRAPHS\
GetNexrad.exe folder=C:\GETPROJECTS\GETWILLOWCR\GETNEXRAD\
NowCast Info folder=C:\GETPROJECTS\GETWILLOWCR\GETNEXRAD\
Gage Avg OnOff folder=C:\GETPROJECTS\GETWILLOWCR\GETGRAPHS\
Radar Boundary File folder=C:\GETPROJECTS\GETWILLOWCR\
GETREALTIME\BOUNDARIES\
Menu Pic=C:\GETPROJECTS\GETWILLOWCR\GETREALTIME\WILLOWCRVIEW.JPG
Menu Text Color= 0 
Minimize to System Tray=True
Column Widths=3216,1056,2928,3180,600,2148,3000
Alert Address=
Alert Address CC=
Alert Address BCC=
Alert Start Time=-1 
Don't Ask Questions=True
Create Winds Aloft graphic file=True
Metric Units=False
Shell Timed Out Minutes=3.0
Bad/Missing Stations Allowed=10
Database Connection String=Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;Data Source
=C:\GetProjects\GetWillowCr\GetAccess\GetAccessHDB_WillowCr.mdb;
User Id=admin;Password=;
Station_ID; Datatype_Site_ID; Datatype_Name; Site_Name; base1; shift1; formula1;
 base2; shift2; formula2; base3; shift3; formula3
*******; ********; *********; *** FORECASTS *****************
FORECAST-NWS; -11420; Rainfall; FORECAST Willow Cr; -2; 43.703,-96.831, 3
Run-FORECAST-NWS; -11419; Rainfall; Ghost FORECAST Willow Cr; -2; 43.703,-96.831, 3
FORECAST-NWS; 17433; Temperature; FORECAST SW Crooks, SD; -2; 43.703,-96.831
FORECAST-NWS; 18433; Humidity; FORECAST SW SW Crooks, SD; -2; 43.703,-96.831
FORECAST-NWS; 28433; Wind Speed; FORECAST SW Crooks, SD; -2; 43.703,-96.831
FORECAST-NWS; 26433; Cloud Amount; FORECAST SW Crooks, SD; -2; 43.703,-96.831
***********; ********; *******:*****SNOWCASt*******; *************
SNOWCAST-NWS,LYOS2; 11450,23450; Melt, SWE; Arthur, ND 47.1,97.27 Elv 1010
SNOWCAST-NWS,LYOS2; 10450,-10450; Rain, Snow; NWS Sum Rain+snow; 0; 0; P1+P2
Run-SNOWCAST-NWS,LYOS2; 17450,-17450; Air Temp, Surface Temp; Snowgage
COMPUTE-Hour; 10453; Rain/melt; NWS Precip Adjust Snowcast Melt;
 P1=0; 0; P3; P1>0; 0; P2
*******; ********; *********; *** RADAR ******************
Run-NEXRAD-FSD; -10420; Rainfall; Full Willow Cr, SD; 2; Nowcast 3, adjust type 3
NEXRAD-FSD; -10431; Rainfall; KSDHARTF4 Hartford, SD; 2
NEXRAD-FSD; -10432; Rainfall; DSF, SD; 2
NEXRAD-FSD; -10433; Rainfall; Schulaces’s, SD; 2
NEXRAD-FSD; -10434; Rainfall; KSDBALTI4 Baltic, SD; 2
*******; ********; *********; *** HRRR *****************
Run-HRR-FSD; -11422; Forecast Rain; HRRR FORECAST Willow Cr; 0; 6
*******; ********; *********; *** Wundergages *****************
KSDHARTF4; 10431; Precip; KSDHARTF4 Hartford, SD
KSDMONTR6; 10432; Precip; DSF
KSDBALTI4; 10434; Precip; KSDBALTI4 Baltic, SD
KSDSIOUX227; 10433; Precip; Schulaces’s
KSDSIOUX227; 17433; Temperature; Schulaces’s
KSDSIOUX227; 18433; Humidity; Schulaces’s
KSDSIOUX227; 28433; Wind Speed; Schulaces’s
KSDSIOUX227; 29433; Solar Radiation; Schulaces’s; 0; 0; 2.065*P1
*******; ********; *********; *** COMPUTE WEATHER *****************
COMPUTE; 29443; Solar Radiation; KSDCROOK2 SW Crooks, SD;
 0; 43.703,-96.831,-90, 1550
COMPUTE; -29443; Long Radiation; KSDCROOK2 SW Crooks, SD; 0
COMPUTE; 27433; Ettall; KSDCROOK2 SW Crooks, SD; 0; 43.703,-96.831,-90, 1550, 1
COMPUTE; -27433; ET Alfalfa; KSDCROOK2 SW Crooks, SD; 0;
 43.703,-96.831,-90, 1550,1
*******; ********; *********; *** RATIOS *****************
COMPUTE-Hour; 10430; Rainfall; Willow Cr Avg of 4 Rain Gages; 0; 0; (P1+P2+P3+P4)/N
COMPUTE-Hour; -10430; Rainfall; Willow Cr Avg of 4 Radars; 0; 0; (P1+P2+P3+P4)/N
Run-COMPUTE-Hour; 31427; Ratio; Willow Cr Gage/dax; 0; 90.01,  1.2, 5; P1/P2
*******; ********; *********; *** ADJ RADAR *****************
Run-COMPUTE-5unit; -11420; Rainfall; Willow Cr Basin Adjusted DAX Radar; 0;
 -1, 1.2,0.25, 0.80; P1*P2
*******; ********; *********; *** Snowmelt *****************
SNOWMELT-Unit; 11420,-23420; Melt, SWC; Willow Cr Snowmelt;
 0; 0, 1, 1.15, 1, 1, 1, 1, 34
************; ************; ************; *****NWS GRT Adjust******
COMPUTE-Hour; 11451; Adj Radar/melt; Adjust NWS Snowcast Melt; P1=0; 0; P3; P1>0;
 0; P2
SNOWMELT-unit; 11453,-23453; Melt, SWC; GRT at NWS Model Point; 0; 0, 1, 1.15, 1,
 1, 1, 1, 34
*******; ********; *********; *** Runoff *****************
Run-COMPUTE-5unit; -30420; RUNOFF; Willow Cr Adjmeltn0q; 0; 25, 58, 0.10, 2, 23.9,
 0.4, 0.17, 0.5, 1.5, 0.2, 3.0, 90, 60, 0.9, 0.9, 1, 0.3, 0.8, 0.03, 1, 0, 0.2, 1, 1, -1, LagV;
P1; 0.75; Clark UGF
Lookup; -2419; Stage; Willow Cr
COMPUTE-hour; -6420; Future Runoff Fraction; Basin Future Fraction Runoff; 0; 0; 0;
 P2>0.2*P1; 0; 100*(P2-0.2*P1)^2/(P2+0.8*P1)/P2
COMPUTE-hour; -5420; SCS CN; Full Willow Cr Basin; 0; 0; 1000/(P1+10)
06481497; 2419; Stage; WILLOW CREEK NEAR CROOKS, SD
Lookup; 1419; Flow; WILLOW CREEK NEAR CROOKS, SD; 0; 0; P1+1
*******; ********; *********; ***HEC-HMS PROJECT*****************
**SHELL-C:\GetProjects\GetWillowCr\GetGraphs\GetFromAccessNOW.exe rdaymax,
 10430 -10430 -11420 -10420 -23420 -30420 1419 2419 -2419, -2, 5, WillowCreekNOW.txt,
 mypassword; 0; Flow Data to Web; Put Flow Data Text File on Web; 0
****SET-INTERVAL; -11420; Rainfall; Big Creek Adj & Forecast; +3,rhour; 60; P1>.001; 0
; 30; P1>.02
****IF; -1419; Flow Check; Adj & Forecast Runoff; rdaymax; SKIP-2; P1<20
**SHELL-C:\GetProjects\GetWillowCr\GetNexrad\GetNexrad.exe -2 mypassword; 0;
 Picture; Nexrad Picture to Web; 0
**SHELL-C:\GetProjects\GetWillowCr\GetGraphs\GetGraphs.exe 4 mypassword; 0;
 Graphs; Getgraphs to Web; 0
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