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WGUS83 KFSD 281438
FLSFSD
FLOOD STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
938 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2025
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH
DAKOTA...
JAMES RIVER NEAR FORESTBURG AFFECTING SANBORN COUNTY.
BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR BRUCE AFFECTING BROOKINGS COUNTY.
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 FRIDAY MORNING.
SDC111-291645-
/O.EXT.KFSD.FL.W.0017.000000T0000Z-250830T0000Z/
/FORS2.1.ER.250825T0100Z.250827T0230Z.250829T0000Z.NO/
938 AM CDT THU AUG 28 2025
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.
* WHERE...JAMES RIVER NEAR FORESTBURG.
* WHEN...UNTIL TOMORROW EVENING.
* IMPACTS...AT 12.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT PORTIONS OF THE FLOODPLAIN
BEGIN TO FLOOD AND A COUPLE COUNTY OR TOWNSHIP ROADS MAY BEGIN TO
FLOOD.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 9:15 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 12.1 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 9:15 AM CDT THURSDAY WAS 12.2 FEET.
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE
THIS EVENING AND CONTINUE FALLING TO 10.8 FEET THURSDAY,
SEPTEMBER 04.
- FLOOD STAGE IS 12.0 FEET.
- STAY UP TO DATE WITH THE LATEST RIVER OBSERVATIONS AND
FORECASTS AT: WWW.WATER.NOAA.GOV
FLD OBSERVED FORECASTS (7 AM CDT)
LOCATION STG STG DAY/TIME FRI SAT SUN
JAMES RIVER
FORESTBURG 12.0 12.1 THU 9 AM 11.8 11.6 11.4
LAT...LON 4420 9819 4420 9807 4401 9804 4391 9794
4385 9794 4385 9806 4390 9806 4398 9814
SDC011-291645-
/O.CON.KFSD.FL.W.0015.000000T0000Z-000000T0000Z/
/BRCS2.2.ER.250818T0245Z.250820T1500Z.000000T0000Z.NO/
938 AM CDT THU AUG 28 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 8.0 FEET, THE LOWER BANKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE
RIVER OVERFLOW.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- AT 8:45 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 8.7 FEET.
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS
ENDING AT 8:45 AM CDT THURSDAY WAS 8.9 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 8.7 THU 8 AM MSG MSG MSG
LAT...LON 4450 9690 4450 9684 4449 9685 4440 9689
4433 9687 4433 9692 4442 9693
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