...A FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 915 AM MDT FRIDAY FOR
CENTRAL OGLALA LAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL JACKSON AND SOUTHEASTERN
PENNINGTON COUNTIES...

GAGE REPORTS AND WEATHER SPOTTERS INDICATE THAT FLOODING CONTINUES
ALONG THE WHITE RIVER. MODERATE TO MAJOR FLOODING IS ONGOING FROM
THE NEBRASKA STATE LINE TO THE SLIM BUTTES AREA. SNOWMELT, COMBINED
WITH ICE BREAK-UP AND DEBRIS IN THE CHANNEL, IS CAUSING THE WATER
LEVELS ALONG THE WHITE RIVER TO FLUCTUATE. MOST OF THE SNOW COVER
HAS NOW MELTED, AND FROST IN THE GROUND IS BEGINNING TO GIVE WAY.
HOWEVER, FLOODING IS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE UNTIL WATER IS ABLE TO
FLOW DOWNSTREAM.

SOME LOCATIONS THAT WILL EXPERIENCE FLOODING INCLUDE...
AREAS ALONG THE WHITE RIVER FROM SOUTH OF SLIM BUTTES, TO ROCKYFORD,
AND TO THE INTERIOR AREA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES. STAY AWAY OR BE SWEPT AWAY. RIVER BANKS
AND CULVERTS CAN BECOME UNSTABLE AND UNSAFE.

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...THE FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1045 AM MDT FRIDAY FOR
HAAKON...SOUTHEASTERN MEADE...OGLALA LAKOTA...JACKSON...BENNETT AND
PENNINGTON COUNTIES...

RIVER GAGES, COUNTY OFFICIALS, AND WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE REPORTING
MINOR FLOODING IN LOW LYING AREAS DUE TO MELTING SNOW. DRAINAGE
ISSUES ARE OCCURRING DUE TO BLOCKED OR OVERWHELMED CULVERTS, CAUSING
WATER TO POND OR RUN OVER ROADS. WITH WARM TEMPERATURES CONTINUING
THROUGH THIS WEEKEND, FLOODING ISSUES WILL CONTINUE TO OCCUR OR
WORSEN.

THE PENNINGTON COUNTY HIGHWAY DEPARTMENT HAS REPORTED WATER OVER
ROADS IN SEVERAL LOCATIONS, INCLUDING 159TH AVENUE, ANTELOPE CREEK
ROAD FROM EAST HIGHWAY 44 TO DAWKINS ROAD, HAMMERQUIST ROAD, 155TH
AVENUE SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 1416, 156TH AVENUE FROM HIGHWAY 1416 TO
LONESOME DOVE STREET, AND BEAR CREEK ROAD WEST OF SAGE CREEK ROAD.

IN SOUTHEASTERN MEADE COUNTY, ELK CREEK IS RUNNING HIGH, AND ICE IS
BEGINNING TO BREAK UP ALONG THE BELLE FOURCHE RIVER. EXPECT CREEKS
TO RISE, WHICH COULD CAUSE WATER TO RUN OVER RURAL ROADS.
IN HAAKON COUNTY, TRIBUTARIES INTO THE BAD AND CHEYENNE RIVERS
REMAIN HIGH AS SNOW CONTINUES TO MELT, CONTRIBUTING TO ONGOING MINOR
FLOODING.

IN JACKSON COUNTY, HIGHWAY 63 AT THE WHITE RIVER CROSSING,
APPROXIMATELY FOUR MILES SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 90, IS CLOSED. MINOR
FLOODING IS OCCURRING AROUND THE SOUTH FORK OF THE BAD RIVER AND
BEAR IN THE LODGE CREEK.

IN OGLALA LAKOTA COUNTY, HIGH FLOWS CONTINUE ALONG WHITE CLAY,
PORCUPINE, AMERICAN HORSE, AND WOUNDED KNEE CREEKS, ALONG WITH OTHER
DRAINAGES THROUGHOUT THE COUNTY. MOST OF THE SNOW COVER HAS MELTED
QUICKLY, AND FROST IN THE GROUND IS BEGINNING TO GIVE WAY. THIS WILL
ALLOW CONDITIONS TO IMPROVE OVER THE NEXT SEVERAL DAYS.

IN BENNETT COUNTY, HIGH FLOWS CONTINUE ALONG THE LITTLE WHITE RIVER
AND TRIBUTARIES FLOWING INTO THE LITTLE WHITE RIVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

MELTING SNOW WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS,
COUNTRY ROADS, AGRICULTURAL LAND, AND OTHER LOW LYING SPOTS. TURN
AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.

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