309  
WGUS43 KFSD 041720  
FLWFSD  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1220 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS SD HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA...  
 
BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR ESTELLINE AFFECTING BROOKINGS AND HAMLIN  
COUNTIES.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN WHEN ENCOUNTERING FLOODED ROADS. MOST FLOOD  
DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY FRIDAY AFTERNOON.  
 

 
 
SDC011-057-051930-  
/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0001.260604T1720Z-000000T0000Z/  
/BSES2.1.ER.260604T1633Z.260604T1700Z.000000T0000Z.UU/  
1220 PM CDT THU JUN 4 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR ESTELLINE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM THIS AFTERNOON UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 1644.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF CROP AND PASTURE  
LAND BEGINS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 12:00 PM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 1644.1 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 12:00 PM CDT THURSDAY WAS 1644.1 FEET.  
- FORECAST...NO FORECAST IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS LOCATION  
ALTHOUGH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT MAY  
RESULT IN FURTHER RISES.  
- 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 1644.1 THU 12 PM MSG MSG MSG  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4462 9700 4463 9696 4450 9684 4450 9690  
 

 
 
KALIN  
 
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