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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 18, 2025Brookings County, South Dakota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this river flood warning at Aug 18, 2025, 4:13 AM CDT for Brookings County, South Dakota. It was in force for 11 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 2025, 4:13 AM CDT (09:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 29, 2025, 3:03 PM CDT
In force
11 days
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

County Brookings County, SD

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Big Sioux River near Bruce (BRCS2).

Action stage
7 ft
Minor stage
8 ft
Moderate stage
10 ft
Major stage
13 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06479770, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Aug 18, 12:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 12:08 AM CDT, 4 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 17, 5:14 PM CDT, 10 hours 59 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Sioux Falls SD
514 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025

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514 PM CDT Sun Aug 17 2025

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of northwest Iowa,
west central Iowa, southwest Minnesota, northeast Nebraska,
central South Dakota, east central South Dakota, south central
South Dakota, and southeast South Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Scattered thunderstorms will bring the threat for severe weather
and heavy rain through the night. The main threats will be hail
to the size of half dollars and wind gusts to 65 mph. The best
chances will be from 8 pm to 4 am.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

A few storms are again possible Monday evening. Details remain
uncertain but storms may be capable of producing large hail and
damaging wind gusts. Please continue to monitor for forecast and
thunderstorm risk changes.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will be possible tonight.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 10:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDBrule, Charles Mix, Gregory41 min
Aug 17, 11:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDAurora, Davison38 min
Aug 18, 12:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDDavison, Hanson49 min
Aug 18, 3:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFSDLyon, Osceola, Sioux2 hr
Aug 17, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood51 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in South Dakota, 2025Every river flood warning in 2025

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.