BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
FLOOD WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
643 PM CDT SUN MAY 27 2012
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...SOUTH DAKOTA...
BIG SIOUX RIVER AT HAWARDEN
BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON
.THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH
TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST
FORECASTS.
HEAVY RAIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY
RAIN WILL LIKELY CAUSE THE RIVER TO GO OUT OF ITS BANKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER
DEPTH AND ROAD CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT
HTTP://WWW.WATER.WEATHER.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING.
&&
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
* FLOOD WARNING FOR
THE BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON.
* FROM TUESDAY MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 06PM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 13.9 FEET.
* MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 6 AM TUESDAY AND CREST NEAR
17.9 FEET BY THURSDAY MAY 31.
* AT STAGES NEAR 17.0 FEET...ABOUT 6500 ACRES OF FARM LAND ARE
FLOODED.
&&
LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED MAXIMUM FORECAST RECENT OBSERVED
STAGE STAGE TIME STAGE TIME CREST TIME
BIG SIOUX RIVER
HAWI4 15.0 E14.00 SUN 7 AM 16.7 WED 7 PM 14.1 SUN MAY 27
AKRI4 16.0 13.87 SUN 6 PM 17.9 THU 7 AM 14.0 SUN MAY 27
<
|
|
|
|
