Flood Warning
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
935 AM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA..
JAMES RIVER AT HURON
JAMES RIVER NEAR FORESTBURG
JAMES RIVER AT MITCHELL
JAMES RIVER NEAR SCOTLAND
.THE FOLLOWING RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE FORECAST PRECIPITATION
THROUGH TONIGHT. ANY ADDITIONAL FUTURE RAINS COULD 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.CRH.NOAA.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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935 AM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009
THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR
THE JAMES RIVER NEAR SCOTLAND.
* UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.
* AT 08AM FRIDAY THE STAGE WAS 16.9 FEET.
* FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.
* FORECAST...THE RIVER WILL CREST NEAR 17.0 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MAY 13
THEN BEGIN VERY SLOWLY FALLING.
* AT STAGES NEAR 18.0 FEET...HIGHWAY 44 SOUTH OF MILLTOWN AND KEIBER
ROAD IN MILLTOWN WILL BE FLOODED.
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LOCATION FLOOD LATEST OBSERVED MAXIMUM FORECAST RECENT OBSERVED
STAGE STAGE TIME STAGE TIME CREST TIME
JAMES RIVER
HURS2 11.0 16.26 FRI 9 AM 16.2 FRI 1 PM 16.61 MON MAY 04
FORS2 12.0 15.87 FRI 9 AM 15.9 FRI 1 PM 16.03 MON MAY 04
JRMS2 17.0 21.78 FRI 9 AM 21.8 FRI 1 PM 21.90 THU MAY 07
SCOS2 13.0 16.89 FRI 9 AM 17.0 WED MAY 13
Hazardous Weather Outlook
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OMAHA/VALLEY NE
329 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
IAZ043-055-056-069-079-080-090-091-NEZ011-012-015>018-030>034-
042>045-050>053-065>068-078-088>093-092230-
MONONA-HARRISON-SHELBY-POTTAWATTAMIE-MILLS-MONTGOMERY-FREMONT-
PAGE-KNOX-CEDAR-THURSTON-ANTELOPE-PIERCE-WAYNE-BOONE-MADISON-
STANTON-CUMING-BURT-PLATTE-COLFAX-DODGE-WASHINGTON-BUTLER-
SAUNDERS-DOUGLAS-SARPY-SEWARD-LANCASTER-CASS-OTOE-SALINE-
JEFFERSON-GAGE-JOHNSON-NEMAHA-PAWNEE-RICHARDSON-
329 AM CDT SAT MAY 9 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST
IOWA...WEST CENTRAL IOWA...EAST CENTRAL NEBRASKA...NORTHEAST
NEBRASKA AND SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF AN ISOLATED THUNDERSTORM LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING NORTH OF A LINE FROM ALBION TO
ONAWA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST NEBRASKA...AS WELL AS SOUTHWEST IOWA SUNDAY. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY.
ANOTHER STORM SYSTEM WILL MOVE INTO THE AREA FOR TUESDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY BRINGING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS TO THE AREA.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED TODAY OR TONIGHT.
$$
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE NORTH PLATTE NE
826 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009
NEZ004>010-022>029-035>038-056>059-069>071-094-100130-
SHERIDAN-EASTERN CHERRY-KEYA PAHA-BOYD-BROWN-ROCK-HOLT-GARDEN-
GRANT-HOOKER-THOMAS-BLAINE-LOUP-GARFIELD-WHEELER-ARTHUR-MCPHERSON-
LOGAN-CUSTER-DEUEL-KEITH-PERKINS-LINCOLN-CHASE-HAYES-FRONTIER-
WESTERN CHERRY-
826 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009 /726 PM MDT FRI MAY 8 2009/
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND
NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT.
THE COOLER AND DRIER AIRMASS WILL MAKE POSSIBLE PATCHY FROST
ACROSS THE NORTHWEST AND SANDHILLS AS TEMPERATURES DROP INTO THE
LOW TO MIDDLE 30S BY DAYBREAK SATURDAY.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
THE MORE ZONAL PATTERN WILL CONTINUE TO BRING THE CHANCE FOR
GENERAL
THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY THEN AGAIN BY
TUESDAY WHEN A STRONGER SYSTEM WILL MOVE OUT ON THE PLAINS.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
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THIS PRODUCT IS NOW AVAILABLE...ALONG WITH OTHER WEATHER...
HYDROLOGICAL AND CLIMATOLOGICAL INFORMATION...AT
HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/NORTHPLATTE
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TOPEKA KS
529 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009
KSZ008>012-020>024-026-034>040-054>056-058-059-092230-
REPUBLIC-WASHINGTON-MARSHALL-NEMAHA-BROWN-CLOUD-CLAY-RILEY-
POTTAWATOMIE-JACKSON-JEFFERSON-OTTAWA-DICKINSON-GEARY-MORRIS-
WABAUNSEE-SHAWNEE-DOUGLAS-LYON-OSAGE-FRANKLIN-COFFEY-ANDERSON-
529 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL...NORTH
CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...TONIGHT
FLOODING ALONG THE COTTONWOOD AND NEOSHO RIVERS IS FORECAST OR
EXPECTED TO CONTINUE. FLOODING ALONG THE POTTAWATOMIE CREEK IN
ANDERSON AND FRANKLIN COUNTIES WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
RIVER AND CREEK FLOODING IS LIKELY TO PERSIST INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK
IN PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL KANSAS.
THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
SUNDAY...AND AGAIN TUESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTERS WILL NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT.
$$
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE KANSAS CITY/PLEASANT HILL MO
1257 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009
KSZ025-057-060-102>105-MOZ001>008-011>017-020>025-028>033-037>040-
043>046-053-054-091800-
ATCHISON KS-MIAMI-LINN KS-DONIPHAN-LEAVENWORTH-WYANDOTTE-
JOHNSON KS-ATCHISON MO-NODAWAY-WORTH-GENTRY-HARRISON-MERCER-
PUTNAM-SCHUYLER-HOLT-ANDREW-DE KALB-DAVIESS-GRUNDY-SULLIVAN-ADAIR-
BUCHANAN-CLINTON-CALDWELL-LIVINGSTON-LINN MO-MACON-PLATTE-CLAY-
RAY-CARROLL-CHARITON-RANDOLPH-JACKSON-LAFAYETTE-SALINE-HOWARD-
CASS-JOHNSON MO-PETTIS-COOPER-BATES-HENRY-
1257 PM CDT FRI MAY 8 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR NORTHWEST...NORTH CENTRAL
AND WEST CENTRAL MISSOURI...AS WELL AS EXTREME EASTERN KANSAS.
.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT
A COLD FRONT STRETCHING FROM EASTERN NEBRASKA SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL
KANSAS WILL BEGIN TO SURGE EASTWARD THIS AFTERNOON. SHOULD
SUFFICIENT MOISTURE RETURN AND INSTABILITY INCREASE...ISOLATED TO
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MAY BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THIS FRONT BY MID
AFTERNOON. AREAS OF NORTHEASTERN KANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHERN
MISSOURI WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO ANY THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.
WHILE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED...A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM OR TWO MAY BE POSSIBLE WITH HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE
PRIMARY THREATS. THE FRONT AND ANY STORMS WILL QUICKLY LIFT
NORTHWARD AWAY FROM THE OUTLOOK AREA EARLY THIS EVENING.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
SHOWERS...WITH POSSIBLY SOME ISOLATED THUNDER...MAY OCCUR ON
SUNDAY...WITH NO SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED.
THEN FROM TUESDAY INTO EARLY THURSDAY...A COUPLE OF PERIODS OF
THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE...WITH AT THIS POINT THE MAIN TIME
FRAMES BEING TUESDAY INTO TUESDAY NIGHT AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTH
ACROSS THE REGION...THEN AGAIN WEDNESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS A
COLD FRONT DROPS SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN KANSAS AND MISSOURI. AT
THIS TIME...SEVERE WEATHER LOOKS POSSIBLE WITH BOTH THE WARM FRONT
AND COLD FRONT PASSAGE.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING
ACROSS NORTHEAST KANSAS AND EXTREME NORTHERN MISSOURI. THEN SPOTTER
ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH NEXT MONDAY.
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1154 AM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009
SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-091200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
1154 AM CDT FRI MAY 08 2009
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.
.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS...
WITH A COLD FRONT PASSAGE THIS AFTERNOON AND COLD TEMPERATURES
ALOFT...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON ALONG AND SOUTHEAST OF A SIOUX CITY IOWA TO SPENCER
IOWA LINE. THE MAIN THREAT WOULD BE WIND GUSTS AROUND 60 MPH AND
ISOLATED HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF QUARTERS TO HALF DOLLARS.
THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE NON SEVERE ELSEWHERE.
FLOODING...
FLOODING WILL CONTINUE ALONG THE JAMES RIVER THROUGH MOST OF MAY.
THE RIVER WAS NEAR CREST AT ALL LOCATIONS FROM HURON
SOUTHWARD...AND IN FACT WAS SLIGHTLY FALLING FROM HURON TO
MITCHELL. PLEASE SEE THE LATEST ISSUED FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR MORE
DETAILED INFORMATION.
.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY
THERE IS THE CHANCE OF A FEW SEVERE OR HEAVY STORMS IN THE AREA
LATE TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY NIGHT AS A COLD FRONT MOVES
THROUGH.
.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...
SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON ALONG AND
SOUTHEAST
OF A SIOUX CITY TO SPENCER IOWA LINE.
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FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SIOUXFALLS. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.
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