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WGUS43 KABR 081627
FLWABR

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Flood Warning
National Weather Service Aberdeen SD
1127 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

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

  Big Sioux River near Castlewood affecting Hamlin County.

.For sites with a river forecast, the forecast includes
precipitation through the next 24 hours. Any future precipitation
could affect the forecasts.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Turn around, don`t drown when encountering flooded roads. Most flood
deaths occur in vehicles.

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

Additional information is available at www.weather.gov/abr.

The next statement will be issued by Wednesday night.late tonight at
300 AM CDT.

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SDC057-090800-
/O.NEW.KABR.FL.W.0003.240508T1630Z-240509T0800Z/
/CSWS2.1.ER.240508T1630Z.240508T1800Z.240509T0200Z.NO/
1127 AM CDT Wed May 8 2024

...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL LATE TONIGHT...

* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...Big Sioux River near Castlewood.

* WHEN...Until late tonight.

* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet, water overtops the culvert on 184th Street
  and significant agricultural flooding begins north of Castlewood.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
  - At 10:45 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 9.0 feet.
  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage
    late this morning to a crest of 9.1 feet this afternoon. It
    will then fall below flood stage late this evening.
  - Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood

&&

LAT...LON 4480 9703 4464 9695 4460 9700 4469 9706
      4480 9709


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