Expires:No;;790521
FGUS83 KFSD 191816
RVSFSD
HYDROLOGIC STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
116 PM CDT WED MAR 19 2008
... A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE... THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE HAS ISSUED A FLOOD WARNING  FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER... 
INCLUDING NEAR SPENCER... FOR MINOR FLOODING... 
   
.THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION THROUGH
THIS AFTERNOON. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD AFFECT THE CREST 
FORECASTS. 
 
A RISE IN THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER STAGE DUE TO MELTING SNOW AND FROM
UPSTREAM TRIBUTARIES...THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER IS EXPECTED 
TO RISE TO OR SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE. THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER IS 
EXPECTED TO CREST ON THE THURSDAY WITH JUST MINOR FLODDING EXPECTED.
FOR THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER AT SPENCER...THE LATEST STAGE WAS 9.2 FEET
AT 12 PM WEDNESDAY. FLOOD STAGE IS 10.0 FEET.MINOR  FLOODING IS 
FORECAST...WITH A CREST NEAR  10.0 FEET ON THURSDAY MAR 20...WHICH IS
0.0 FEET ABOVE THE FLOOD STAGE.THE RIVER WILL RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE 
ON THURSDAY MAR 20.THE STAGE IS FORECAST TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE ON
THURSDAY MAR 20.* AT STAGES NEAR 10.0 FEET...THE RIGHT BANK 
OVERFLOWS...AND MINOR FLOODING OF THE SPENCER CITY PARK AND SOME 
RURAL AGRICULTURAL AREAS BEGINS.. 
THIS CREST COMPARES TO A SIMILAR CREST OF 10.3 FEET ON MARCH 31 1996.
DO NOT DRIVE CARS THROUGH FLOODED AREAS. THE WATER DEPTH AND ROAD 
CONDITION MAY BE UNSAFE. 
STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES BY LISTENING TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...
OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT 
 
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/AHPS2/INDEX.PHP?WFO=FSD
THE NEXT SCHEDULED STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED TOMORROW MORNING. 
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LOCATION FLOOD  LATEST OBSERVED  MAXIMUM FORECAST  RECENT OBSERVED
         STAGE  STAGE  TIME      STAGE  TIME       CREST TIME
LITTLE SIOUX RIVER
SPWI4    10.0   9.20 WED 12 PM   10.0  THU 7 AM    9.2  WED MAR 19