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WGUS43 KFSD 021350
FLWFSD

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
850 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls SD has issued a Flood
Warning for the following rivers in Iowa...

  Ocheyedan River near Spencer affecting Clay County.

  Little Sioux River at Cherokee affecting Cherokee County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued by Friday morning.

&&

IAC041-031600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0003.240502T1659Z-240506T1500Z/
/SPOI4.1.ER.240502T1659Z.240503T1200Z.240505T1500Z.NO/
850 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE MONDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Ocheyedan River near Spencer.

* WHEN...From this morning to late Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 9.5 feet, significant amounts of pasture and other
  farm land begin flooding.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:45 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 7.6 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this morning to a crest of 8.8 feet tomorrow morning. It
    will then fall below flood stage late Sunday morning.
  - Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

               Fld    Observed            Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location       Stg    Stg    Day/Time     Fri   Sat   Sun

Ocheyedan River
Spencer        8.0    7.6    Thu 7 am     8.8   8.6   8.1


&&

LAT...LON 4317 9531 4314 9516 4313 9514 4312 9520
      4313 9531


$$

IAC035-031600-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0004.240503T0243Z-240508T0000Z/
/CHKI4.1.ER.240503T0243Z.240503T1800Z.240507T0000Z.NO/
850 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TUESDAY EVENING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Little Sioux River at Cherokee.

* WHEN...From this evening to Tuesday evening.

* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Cherokee city park begins to flood on the
  south bank of the river.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 7:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 15.3 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 18.2 feet early tomorrow
    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Monday
    evening.
  - Flood stage is 17.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

  Fld    Observed            Forecasts (7 am CDT)
Location          Stg    Stg    Day/Time     Fri   Sat   Sun

Little Sioux River
Cherokee          17.0   15.3   Thu 7 am     18.1  17.8  17.4


&&

LAT...LON 4292 9547 4287 9542 4264 9555 4256 9569
      4256 9581 4269 9561 4280 9559


$$

Dux