719  
WGUS43 KABR 092239  
FLWABR  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD  
539 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ABERDEEN HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA...  
 
BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR CASTLEWOOD AFFECTING HAMLIN COUNTY.  
 
.FOR SITES WITH A RIVER FORECAST, THE FORECAST INCLUDES PRECIPITATION  
THROUGH THE NEXT 24 HOURS. ANY FUTURE PRECIPITATION COULD AFFECT THE  
FORECASTS.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE AROUND BARRICADES OR DRIVE CARS  
THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/ABR.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE TONIGHT AT 100 AM CDT.  
 

 
 
SDC057-100600-  
/O.NEW.KABR.FL.W.0006.260709T2239Z-260710T0600Z/  
/CSWS2.1.ER.260709T2130Z.260709T2145Z.260710T0000Z.NO/  
539 PM CDT THU JUL 9 2026  
   
..FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR CASTLEWOOD.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON TO LATE TONIGHT.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.0 FEET, WATER OVERTOPS THE CULVERT ON 184TH STREET  
AND SIGNIFICANT AGRICULTURAL FLOODING BEGINS NORTH OF CASTLEWOOD.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 4:45 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING  
AT 4:45 PM CDT THURSDAY WAS 9.0 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS  
EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 5.6 FEET EARLY TUESDAY AFTERNOON.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 9.0 FEET.  
- HTTP://WWW.WEATHER.GOV/SAFETY/FLOOD  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4480 9703 4464 9695 4460 9700 4469 9706  
4480 9709  
 

 
 
TMT  
 
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