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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Flood Warning

National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD

822 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024



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

Warning for the following rivers in Iowa...



  Little Sioux River At Linn Grove affecting Cherokee, Buena Vista, 

  Clay and O'Brien Counties.



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 Saturday evening.



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822 PM CDT Fri May 3 2024



...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT UNTIL THURSDAY MORNING...



* WHAT...Minor flooding is forecast.



* WHERE...Little Sioux River at Linn Grove.



* WHEN...Until Thursday morning.



* IMPACTS...At 18.5 feet, the city park in Sioux Rapids is flooded.



* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...

  - At 8:00 PM CDT Friday the stage was 17.8 feet.

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

    late this evening to a crest of 19.0 feet Sunday evening. It

    will then fall below flood stage Wednesday morning.

  - Flood stage is 18.0 feet.

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



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  Fld    Observed            Forecasts (7 pm CDT)

Location          Stg    Stg    Day/Time     Sat   Sun   Mon



Little Sioux River

Linn Grove        18.0   17.8   Fri 8 pm     18.3  19.0  18.8





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LAT...LON 4296 9544 4296 9508 4287 9509 4287 9542

      4292 9547





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Chapman