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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD

850 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024



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

Warning for the following rivers in Iowa...



  Ocheyedan River near Spencer affecting Clay County.



  Little Sioux River at Cherokee affecting Cherokee 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 morning.



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IAC041-031600-

/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0003.240502T1659Z-240506T1500Z/

/SPOI4.1.ER.240502T1659Z.240503T1200Z.240505T1500Z.NO/

850 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS MORNING TO LATE MONDAY 

MORNING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Ocheyedan River near Spencer.



* WHEN...From this morning to late Monday morning.



* IMPACTS...At 9.5 feet, significant amounts of pasture and other 

  farm land begin flooding.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 7:45 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 7.6 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late this morning to a crest of 8.8 feet tomorrow morning. It

    will then fall below flood stage late Sunday morning.

  - Flood stage is 8.0 feet.

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



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               Fld    Observed            Forecasts (7 am CDT)     

Location       Stg    Stg    Day/Time     Fri   Sat   Sun          



Ocheyedan River

Spencer        8.0    7.6    Thu 7 am     8.8   8.6   8.1          





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LAT...LON 4317 9531 4314 9516 4313 9514 4312 9520

      4313 9531





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IAC035-031600-

/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0004.240503T0243Z-240508T0000Z/

/CHKI4.1.ER.240503T0243Z.240503T1800Z.240507T0000Z.NO/

850 AM CDT Thu May 2 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS EVENING TO TUESDAY EVENING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Little Sioux River at Cherokee.



* WHEN...From this evening to Tuesday evening.



* IMPACTS...At 18.0 feet, Cherokee city park begins to flood on the 

  south bank of the river.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 7:00 AM CDT Thursday the stage was 15.3 feet.

  - Forecast...The river is expected to rise above flood stage

    late this evening to a crest of 18.2 feet early tomorrow

    afternoon. It will then fall below flood stage Monday

    evening.

  - Flood stage is 17.0 feet.

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



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  Fld    Observed            Forecasts (7 am CDT)

Location          Stg    Stg    Day/Time     Fri   Sat   Sun



Little Sioux River

Cherokee          17.0   15.3   Thu 7 am     18.1  17.8  17.4





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LAT...LON 4292 9547 4287 9542 4264 9555 4256 9569

      4256 9581 4269 9561 4280 9559





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