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Current Watches, Warnings and Advisories for South Dakota
Issued by the National Weather Service
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Spink
flood warning
Flood Warning
Spink (South Dakota)
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
1004 AM CST MON NOV 02 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA...
JAMES RIVER NEAR STRATFORD
.THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH
THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE PRECIPITATION COULD AFFECT
THE CREST FORECASTS.
THE JAMES RIVER NEAR STRATFORD WILL REMAIN ABOVE FLOOD STAGE...WITH
LEVELS CONTINUING TO SLOWLY FALL OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL WEEKS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SAFETY MESSAGE...FLOOD WATERS CAN BE VERY DANGEROUS. AVOID DRIVING
YOUR VEHICLE ONTO A FLOODED ROADWAY AS IT ONLY TAKES A LIMITED AMOUNT
OF FLOWING WATER TO LIFT A VEHICLE OFF THE ROAD.
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS.
FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION...CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABR (LOWER CASE) CLICK ON THE RIVERS/HYDROLOGY LINK.
THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED MONDAY NOVEMBER 9.
SDC115-091604-
/O.CON.KABR.FL.W.0013.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/SFDS2.3.ER.090323T0415Z.090427T0245Z.000000T0000Z.UU/
1004 AM CST MON NOV 02 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE JAMES RIVER NEAR STRATFORD
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE...
* AT 9 AM MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.4 FEET...
* MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST...
* FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET...
* AT 17.0 FEET...COUNTY ROADS BEGIN FLOODING AND THE ROAD 2 MILES
NORTH OF THE GAGING LOCATION IS ONE OF THE FIRST TO FLOOD.
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LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED MAXIMUM FORECAST RECENT OBSERVED
STAGE STAGE TIME STAGE TIME CREST TIME
JAMES RIVER
SFDS2 14.0 16.44 MON 9 AM 16.4 MON 12 PM 16.4 MON 8 AM
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