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WGUS43 KFSD 081442
FLWFSD

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
942 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

  Little Sioux River At Linn Grove affecting Clay, Cherokee, Buena
  Vista and O`Brien Counties.

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 Thursday morning.

&&

IAC021-035-041-141-091645-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0009.240509T1200Z-240513T0600Z/
/LNNI4.1.ER.240509T1200Z.240510T1200Z.240512T0600Z.NO/
942 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING TO EARLY MONDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Little Sioux River at Linn Grove.

* WHEN...From Thursday morning to early Monday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 18.5 feet, the city park in Sioux Rapids is flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 17.2 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    tomorrow morning to a crest of 18.8 feet Friday morning. The
    magnitude of this rise will ultimately be determined by any
    additional rainfall that falls this afternoon. It will then
    fall into the weekend.
  - Flood stage is 18.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

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

Little Sioux River
Linn Grove        18.0   17.2   Wed 9 am     18.0  18.8  18.4


&&

LAT...LON 4296 9544 4296 9508 4287 9509 4287 9542
      4292 9547


$$

Kalin