025  
WGUS83 KABR 201202  
FLSABR  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
702 AM CDT MON OCT 20 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING IS EXTENDED FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH  
DAKOTA...  
 
JAMES RIVER NEAR STRATFORD AFFECTING SPINK AND BROWN COUNTIES.  
 
.FOR SITES WITH A RIVER FORECAST, THE FORECAST INCLUDES  
PRECIPITATION THROUGH THE NEXT 48 HOURS. ANY FUTURE PRECIPITATION  
COULD AFFECT THE FORECASTS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
CAUTION IS URGED WHEN WALKING NEAR RIVERBANKS.  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABR.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY THIS AFTERNOON AT 100 PM CDT.  
 
 
 
SDC013-115-201800-  
/O.NEW.KABR.FL.W.0036.251020T1202Z-251020T1800Z/  
/SFDS2.1.ER.250826T0930Z.250930T1145Z.251020T1200Z.NO/  
702 AM CDT MON OCT 20 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...JAMES RIVER NEAR STRATFORD.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL THIS AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 14.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT AMOUNTS OF AGRICULTURAL LANDS  
BEGIN FLOODING.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 6:45 AM CDT MONDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE  
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 14.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4552 9818 4515 9838 4515 9845 4552 9830  
 
 
 
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