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WGUS83 KFSD 191348  
FLSFSD  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
848 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH  
DAKOTA...  
 
BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR BRUCE AFFECTING BROOKINGS COUNTY.  
 
BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR ESTELLINE AFFECTING HAMLIN AND BROOKINGS  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
RIVER FORECASTS INCLUDE OBSERVED PRECIPITATION PLUS FORECAST  
PRECIPITATION OVER THE NEXT 24 HOURS.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
 
 
SDC011-201600-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/BRCS2.1.ER.250818T0245Z.250819T1230Z.000000T0000Z.NO/  
848 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR BRUCE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 9.5 FEET, THE RIGHT BANK OVERFLOWS FLOODING  
AGRICULTURAL LANDS FOR AS MUCH AS 1/4 MILE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 7:45 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 9.6 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 7:45 AM CDT TUESDAY WAS 9.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 8.0 FEET.  
- STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST RIVER OBSERVATIONS AND  
FORECASTS AT: WWW.WATER.NOAA.GOV  
 
 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (UNKNOWN TIME)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME D1 D2 D3  
 
BIG SIOUX RIVER  
BRUCE 8.0 9.6 TUE 7 AM MSG MSG MSG  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4450 9690 4450 9684 4449 9685 4440 9689  
4433 9687 4433 9692 4442 9693  
 
 
 
SDC011-057-201600-  
/O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0014.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/  
/BSES2.2.ER.250817T0740Z.250819T0300Z.000000T0000Z.UU/  
848 AM CDT TUE AUG 19 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE  
 
* WHAT...MODERATE FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR ESTELLINE.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 1646.0 FEET, WATER REACHES THE BOTTOM OF THE BRIDGE  
ON 192ND STREET.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 8:00 AM CDT TUESDAY THE STAGE WAS 1646.3 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 8:00 AM CDT TUESDAY WAS 1646.5 FEET.  
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 1644.0 FEET.  
- STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST RIVER OBSERVATIONS AND  
FORECASTS AT: WWW.WATER.NOAA.GOV  
 
 
 
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (UNKNOWN TIME)  
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME D1 D2 D3  
 
BIG SIOUX RIVER  
ESTELLINE 1644.0 1646.3 TUE 8 AM MSG MSG MSG  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4462 9700 4463 9696 4450 9684 4450 9690  
 
 
 
KALIN  
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