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WGUS43 KFSD 011217
FLWFSD

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
717 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024

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

  Little Sioux River at Spencer affecting Clay 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 Thursday morning.

&&

IAC041-021430-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0002.240501T1217Z-240504T0600Z/
/SPWI4.1.ER.240501T0257Z.240502T0000Z.240503T0600Z.NO/
717 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO EARLY SATURDAY
MORNING...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Little Sioux River at Spencer.

* WHEN...From this morning to early Saturday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 10.0 feet, the right bank overflows, and minor
  flooding of the Spencer city park and some rural agricultural
  areas begins.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 6:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 10.2 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 6:00 AM CDT Wednesday was 10.2 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 10.2
    feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early
    Friday morning.
  - Flood stage is 10.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

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

Little Sioux River
Spencer           10.0   10.2   Wed 6 am     10.2  9.9   9.6


&&

LAT...LON 4317 9520 4317 9514 4313 9502 4300 9501
      4296 9508 4296 9516 4306 9508 4312 9519


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