Expires:201103161816;Remove:201103161816;426027 WGUS63 KFSD 151817 FFAFSD URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 117 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2011 ...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA...IOWA...MINNESOTA... JAMES RIVER AT HURON JAMES RIVER NEAR FORESTBURG JAMES RIVER AT MITCHELL JAMES RIVER NEAR SCOTLAND JAMES RIVER ABOVE YANKTON VERMILLION RIVER NEAR DAVIS VERMILLION RIVER NEAR WAKONDA BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR BROOKINGS BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR DELL RAPIDS BIG SIOUX RIVER AT SIOUX FALLS 60TH STREET BIG SIOUX RIVER AT SIOUX FALLS NORTH CLIFF BIG SIOUX RIVER AT HAWARDEN BIG SIOUX RIVER AT AKRON SPLIT ROCK CREEK NEAR CORSON ROCK RIVER AT ROCK RAPIDS LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT LINN GROVE DES MOINES RIVER AT JACKSON .THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS ONLY INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND ARE PRIMARILY DRIVEN BY SNOWMELT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST FORECASTS. WARM TEMPERATURES ARE EXPECTED TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION FOR THE NEXT 10 TO 14 DAYS. HIGHS WILL BE IN THE 40S AND 50S FOR MOST AREAS WITH SOME 60S POSSIBLE. OVERNIGHT LOWS WILL BE IN THE MID 20S TO LOWER 40S THROUGH THE PERIOD...WHICH WILL MEAN THAT THERE WILL BE FEW HOURS WHERE THE MELTING PROCESS WILL STOP. THE SNOW PACK ACROSS THE REGION WILL BE RAPIDLY MELTING THROUGH THIS WEEKEND WHICH WILL LEAD TO RAPID RISES ON THE AREA RIVERS AND STREAMS. THERE IS ALSO STILL CONSIDERABLE ICE ON THE RIVERS AND STREAMS NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90...AND ANY ICE JAMS THAT COULD DEVELOP WILL AFFECT THE CREST FORECASTS. 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. && MNC063-161816- /O.NEW.KFSD.FL.A.0012.110318T0300Z-000000T0000Z/ /JCKM5.0.SM.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/ 117 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WATCH FOR THE DES MOINES RIVER AT JACKSON * FROM 10 PM THURSDAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE * AT 12PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...7.8 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET. * FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 10 PM THURSDAY ...AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 14.2 FEET BY SUNDAY MARCH 20. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE POSSIBLE THEREAFTER. $$