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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD

717 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024



...The National Weather Service in Sioux Falls SD has issued a Flood 

Warning for the following rivers in Iowa...



  Little Sioux River at Spencer 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 Thursday morning.



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717 AM CDT Wed May 1 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO EARLY SATURDAY 

MORNING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Little Sioux River at Spencer.



* WHEN...From this morning to early Saturday morning.



* IMPACTS...At 10.0 feet, the right bank overflows, and minor 

  flooding of the Spencer city park and some rural agricultural 

  areas begins.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 6:00 AM CDT Wednesday the stage was 10.2 feet.

  - Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours

    ending at 6:00 AM CDT Wednesday was 10.2 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise to a crest of 10.2

    feet this evening. It will then fall below flood stage early

    Friday morning.

  - Flood stage is 10.0 feet.

  - http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood



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  Fld    Observed            Forecasts (7 am CDT)

Location          Stg    Stg    Day/Time     Thu   Fri   Sat



Little Sioux River

Spencer           10.0   10.2   Wed 6 am     10.2  9.9   9.6





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LAT...LON 4317 9520 4317 9514 4313 9502 4300 9501

      4296 9508 4296 9516 4306 9508 4312 9519





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