Flood Warning
167 WGUS43 KUNR 151358 FLWUNR BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED FLOOD WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD 758 AM MDT TUE OCT 15 2013 ...FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CHEYENNE RIVER... .RECENT RAINFALL AND SNOWMELT HAS CAUSED THE CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR BRIDGER UPSTREAM FROM LAKE OAHE TO REACH FLOOD STAGE. THE RIVER WILL CONTINUE TO RISE TODAY...AND THEN SLOWLY FALL WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. SOME INUNDATION OF STRUCTURES AND ROADS ALONG THE CHEYENNE RIVER ARE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... SAFETY MESSAGE...A FLOOD WARNING MEANS THAT FLOODING IS IMMINENT OR OCCURRING. RESIDENTS LIVING ALONG THE RIVER SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY. && SDC055-137-161358- /O.NEW.KUNR.FL.W.0003.131015T1800Z-131018T0600Z/ /PLNS2.2.ER.131015T1800Z.131016T1200Z.131017T2200Z.NO/ 758 AM MDT TUE OCT 15 2013 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN RAPID CITY HAS ISSUED A * FLOOD WARNING FOR THE CHEYENNE RIVER NEAR PLAINVIEW. * FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE THURSDAY NIGHT. * AT 7:45 AM MDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 15.2 FEET. * FLOOD STAGE IS 16.0 FEET. * MODERATE FLOODING IS FORECAST. * FORECAST...RISE ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE TO RISE TO NEAR 17.7 FEET BY WEDNESDAY MORNING. THE RIVER WILL FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE BY THURSDAY AFTERNOON. && LAT...LON 4455 10200 4478 10114 4469 10114 4454 10151 4448 10200 $$