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WGUS43 KFSD 201459
FLWFSD

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
959 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024

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

  Vermillion River near Wakonda 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 Friday afternoon.

&&

SDC027-211700-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0034.240622T1200Z-000000T0000Z/
/WKAS2.3.ER.240622T1200Z.240625T1800Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
959 AM CDT Thu Jun 20 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER
NOTICE...

* WHAT...Moderate to perhaps major flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Vermillion River near Wakonda.

* WHEN...From Saturday morning until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 17.0 feet, Highway 19 south of Centerville is
  flooded. Water reaches the bottom of the bridge on 302nd Street
  east of Colfax Corner, and many of the levees will start to be
  overtopped with approximately 25000 acres flooded between Davis
  and Vermillion.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 9:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 11.7 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    Saturday morning and continue rising to a crest around 17.0
    feet early Tuesday afternoon. This forecast will be heavily
    impacted by how much rain eventually falls.
  - Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

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

Vermillion River
Wakonda         14.0   11.7   Thu 9 am   12.8  14.0  15.0


&&

LAT...LON 4308 9700 4308 9694 4289 9689 4289 9695
      4296 9697 4298 9702 4303 9702 4304 9698


$$

Kalin