297  
WGUS43 KFSD 090515  
FLWFSD  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD  
1215 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2026  
 
...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A FLOOD  
WARNING FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN SOUTH DAKOTA...  
 
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.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED BY LATE TONIGHT.  
 
 
 
SDC011-057-100715-  
/O.NEW.KFSD.FL.W.0003.260709T0515Z-000000T0000Z/  
/BSES2.1.ER.260709T0425Z.260709T0500Z.000000T0000Z.UU/  
1215 AM CDT THU JUL 9 2026  
 
...FLOOD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER  
NOTICE...  
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING.  
 
* WHERE...BIG SIOUX RIVER NEAR ESTELLINE.  
 
* WHEN...FROM EARLY THIS MORNING UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 1644.0 FEET, SIGNIFICANT FLOODING OF CROP AND PASTURE  
LAND BEGINS.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 12:00 AM CDT THURSDAY THE STAGE WAS 1644.1 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS ENDING  
AT 12:00 AM CDT THURSDAY WAS 1644.1 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: WATER.NOAA.GOV  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4462 9700 4463 9696 4462 9694 4461 9693  
4459 9691 4457 9690 4456 9689 4454 9689  
4454 9686 4452 9685 4450 9685 4450 9690  
4451 9689 4452 9689 4453 9692 4455 9692  
4456 9694 4458 9695 4461 9698  
 
 
 
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