722  
WGUS43 KFSD 101446  
FLWFSD  
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
946 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN IOWA...  
 
LITTLE SIOUX RIVER ABOVE SPENCER  
 
.THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH  
TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST  
FORECASTS.  
 
RUNOFF FROM SNOW MELT AND RECENT RAINFALL HAS CAUSED THE LITTLE SIOUX  
RIVER NORTHWEST OF SPENCER TO GO INTO FLOOD. IT APPEARS THE RIVER AT  
THIS LOCATIONS IS BEGINNING TO CREST.  
 
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.  
 
 
 
IAC041-059-111846-  
/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0004.130310T1446Z-000000T0000Z/  
/LSSI4.1.ER.130310T0036Z.130310T1415Z.000000T0000Z.UU/  
946 AM CDT SUN MAR 10 2013  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A  
 
* FLOOD WARNING FOR  
THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER ABOVE SPENCER.  
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
* AT 09AM SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 11.1 FEET.  
* FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.  
* AT STAGES NEAR 10.0 FEET...MINOR FLOODING OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS  
BEGINS.  
 
 
 
 
LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED MAXIMUM FORECAST RECENT OBSERVED  
STAGE STAGE TIME STAGE TIME CREST TIME  
 
LITTLE SIOUX RIVER  
LSSI4 10.0 11.15 SUN 9 AM 11.1 SUN MAR 10  
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