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    "name": "North Central River Forecast Center"
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    "name": "Sioux Falls"
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    "name": "Minnesota"
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  "timeZone": "CST6CDT",
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        "stage": 17.5,
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      {
        "stage": 15,
        "statement": "The low portions of River St begin to flood. "
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      {
        "stage": 14,
        "statement": "Highway 71 will begin flooding, and flooding begins to affect homes and businesses along the non-leveed portions of the river in Jackson. Most of Ashley Park is flooded and the baseball fields are under 3-4 feet of water. "
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        "stage": 13.5,
        "statement": "The lower levees in Jackson are overtopped. Water begins to approach the edge of Highway 71 in Jackson and may approach some structures. Water reaches the bottom of the bridge on W Ashley St. "
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        "stage": 12.5,
        "statement": "The parks and softball fields in Jackson begin to flood."
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      {
        "stage": 12,
        "statement": "Some township roads may begin flooding and flooding of crop and pasture lands becomes more widespread. Portions of the bike trail in Jackson along the river begin to flood. "
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        "stage": 10,
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      "statement": "River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 48 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.",
      "effective": "1001",
      "expiration": "0331"
    },
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      "statement": "River forecasts for this location take into account past precipitation and the precipitation amounts expected approximately 24 hours into the future from the forecast issuance time.",
      "effective": "0401",
      "expiration": "0930"
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      "statement": "Gauge reading may be affected by ice.",
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          "label": "North American Vertical Datum of 1988",
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          "description": "A fixed reference for elevations determined by geodetic leveling. The datum was derived from a general adjustment of the first-order terrestrial leveling nets of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. In the adjustment, only the height of the primary tidal bench mark, referenced to the International Great Lakes Datum of 1985 (IGLD 85) local mean sea level height value, at Father Point, Rimouski, Quebec, Canada was held fixed, thus providing minimum constraint. NAVD 88 and IGLD 85 are identical. However, NAVD 88 bench mark values are given in Helmert orthometric height units while IGLD 85 values are in dynamic heights. See International Great Lakes Datum of 1985, National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929, and geopotential difference. NAVD 88 should not be used as Mean Sea Level.",
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