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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. 
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117 PM CDT TUE MAR 15 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A 
FLOOD WATCH FOR 
  THE JAMES RIVER AT HURON 
* FROM 11 PM FRIDAY UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE
* AT 12PM TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS...9.4 FEET. 
* MAJOR FLOODING IS FORECAST. 
* FLOOD STAGE IS 11.0 FEET. 
* FORECAST TO RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY 11 PM FRIDAY ...AND CONTINUE 
  TO RISE TO NEAR 16.0 FEET BY FRIDAY MARCH 25. ADDITIONAL RISES ARE 
  POSSIBLE THEREAFTER.
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