654
WGUS43 KFSD 212239
FLWFSD

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
539 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

...Forecast flooding changed from Moderate to Major severity and
increased in duration for the following rivers in South Dakota...

  Firesteel Creek near Mount Vernon affecting Davison County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Motorists should not attempt to drive around barricades or drive
cars through flooded areas.

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 Saturday evening.

&&

SDC035-230045-
/O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0038.000000T0000Z-240629T1400Z/
/MTVS2.3.ER.240621T0333Z.240623T0600Z.240628T1400Z.NR/
539 PM CDT Fri Jun 21 2024

...FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL SATURDAY, JUNE 29...

* WHAT...Major flooding is occurring and major flooding is forecast.
  This approaches the flood of record.

* WHERE...Firesteel Creek near Mount Vernon.

* WHEN...Until Saturday, June 29.

* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, the water reaches the bottom of the bridge
  on 398th Avenue at the gage.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 5:15 PM CDT Friday the stage was 15.1 feet.
  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
    ending at 5:15 PM CDT Friday was 15.1 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 16.2
    feet early Sunday morning. It will then fall below flood
    stage Friday, June 28.
  - Flood stage is 8.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

               Fld    Observed          Forecasts (7 pm CDT)
Location       Stg    Stg    Day/Time   Sat   Sun   Mon

Firesteel Creek
Mount Vernon   8.0    15.1   Fri 5 pm   16.1  15.1  13.1


&&

LAT...LON 4380 9833 4378 9829 4379 9816 4377 9807
      4375 9807 4377 9817 4376 9829 4378 9833


$$

Chapman