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Flood Warning
Issued by NWS Sioux Falls, SD

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WGUS43 KFSD 060241
FLWFSD

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
941 PM CDT Tue Jul 5 2022

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

  Split Rock Creek near Corson affecting Minnehaha 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.

Be especially cautious at night when it is harder to recognize the
dangers of flooding.

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov.

The next statement will be issued Wednesday evening at 1145 PM CDT.

&&


SDC099-070445-
/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0016.220706T0338Z-000000T0000Z/
/COSS2.1.ER.220706T0338Z.220706T0600Z.220706T1438Z.NO/
941 PM CDT Tue Jul 5 2022

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Split Rock Creek near Corson.

* WHEN...From this evening until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet, the parking lot at the racetrack may be
  flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 8:45 PM CDT Tuesday the stage was 7.5 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this evening to a crest of 9.8 feet just after midnight
    tonight. It will then fall below flood stage late tomorrow
    morning.
  - Flood stage is 8.5 feet.


&&

                Fld    Observed            Forecasts (7 PM CDT)
Location        Stg    Stg    Day/Time     Wed   Thu   Fri

Split Rock Creek
Corson          8.5    7.5    Tue 8 PM     5.3   3.3   3.1


&&

LAT...LON 4367 9658 4365 9654 4363 9656 4359 9654
      4355 9660 4357 9660 4360 9658 4364 9660


$$

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