396  
WGUS63 KFSD 131736  
FFAFSD  
 
URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WATCH  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1236 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2023  
 
IAZ002-003-013-014-MNZ089-140145-  
/O.EXA.KFSD.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-230514T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
OSCEOLA-DICKINSON-O'BRIEN-CLAY-NOBLES-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MILFORD, SIBLEY, SANBORN, SPENCER, SHELDON,  
SPIRIT LAKE, HARTLEY, WORTHINGTON, AND ARNOLDS PARK  
1236 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2023  
   
..FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA,  
INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING AREAS, IN NORTHWEST IOWA, CLAY, DICKINSON,  
O'BRIEN AND OSCEOLA. IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA, NOBLES.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR  
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME WITH POTENTIALLY  
HEAVY RAINFALL RATES, ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.  
SOME OF THIS RAIN MAY FALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECENTLY  
RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL. THIS MAY RESULT IN POTENTIAL  
FLASH FLOODING AND RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
MNZ071-072-080-081-090-140145-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FA.A.0001.000000T0000Z-230514T1200Z/  
/00000.0.ER.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.000000T0000Z.OO/  
LINCOLN-LYON-MURRAY-COTTONWOOD-JACKSON-  
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LAKE BENTON, WINDOM, TYLER, FULDA,  
LAKEFIELD, IVANHOE, SLAYTON, MOUNTAIN LAKE, HENDRICKS, MARSHALL, AND  
JACKSON  
1236 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 2023  
   
..FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...FLOODING CAUSED BY EXCESSIVE RAINFALL CONTINUES TO BE  
POSSIBLE.  
 
* WHERE...A PORTION OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA, INCLUDING THE FOLLOWING  
COUNTIES, COTTONWOOD, JACKSON, LINCOLN, LYON AND MURRAY.  
 
* WHEN...THROUGH SUNDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...EXCESSIVE RUNOFF MAY RESULT IN FLOODING OF RIVERS,  
CREEKS, STREAMS, AND OTHER LOW-LYING AND FLOOD-PRONE LOCATIONS.  
CREEKS AND STREAMS MAY RISE OUT OF THEIR BANKS. FLOODING MAY OCCUR  
IN POOR DRAINAGE AND URBAN AREAS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- PERIODS OF RAIN AND THUNDERSTORMS, SOME WITH POTENTIALLY  
HEAVY RAINFALL RATES, ARE EXPECTED THROUGH SATURDAY NIGHT.  
SOME OF THIS RAIN MAY FALL OVER AREAS THAT HAVE RECENTLY  
RECEIVED SUBSTANTIAL RAINFALL. THIS MAY RESULT IN POTENTIAL  
FLASH FLOODING AND RISES ON AREA STREAMS AND CREEKS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
YOU SHOULD MONITOR LATER FORECASTS AND BE ALERT FOR POSSIBLE FLOOD  
WARNINGS. THOSE LIVING IN AREAS PRONE TO FLOODING SHOULD BE PREPARED  
TO TAKE ACTION SHOULD FLOODING DEVELOP.  
 

 
 

 
 
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