Sioux Falls, South Dakota

Regional Weather Alerts


     

Alert: Freeze Warning
Area(s): Harding; Northern Perkins; Southern Perkins
Effective: 2025-10-05 @ 2:03 pm -> 2025-10-06 @ 10:00 am
Onset: 2025-10-06 @ 2:00 am -> 2025-10-06 @ 5:15 am
Severity: Moderate
Certainty: Likely
Urgency: Expected
Issued By: NWS Rapid City SD on 2025-10-05 @ 2:03 pm
Headline: Freeze Warning issued October 5 at 1:03PM MDT until October 6 at 9:00AM MDT by NWS Rapid City SD
Description: * WHAT...Sub-freezing temperatures as low as 28 expected.

* WHERE...Harding, Northern Perkins, and Southern Perkins.

* WHEN...From 1 AM to 9 AM MDT Monday.

* IMPACTS...Frost and freeze conditions could kill crops, other
sensitive vegetation and possibly damage unprotected outdoor
plumbing.

Alert: Flood Warning
Area(s): Brown, SD; Spink, SD
Effective: 2025-10-03 @ 8:54 am
Onset: 2025-10-03 @ 8:54 am -> 2025-10-06 @ 5:00 pm
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Aberdeen SD on 2025-10-03 @ 8:54 am
Headline: Flood Warning issued October 3 at 8:54AM CDT by NWS Aberdeen SD
Description: ...The Flood Warning continues for the following rivers in South
Dakota...

James River near Stratford affecting Spink and Brown Counties.

.For sites with a river forecast, the forecast includes
precipitation through the next 48 hours. Any future precipitation
could affect the forecasts.

* WHAT...Minor flooding is occurring and minor flooding is forecast.

* WHERE...James River near Stratford.

* WHEN...Until further notice.

* IMPACTS...At 14.0 feet, Significant amounts of agricultural lands
begin flooding.
At 16.0 feet, 137th Street and 140th Street are flooded.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 8:45 AM CDT Friday the stage was 15.2 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 8:45 AM CDT Friday was 15.2 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to a crest at 15.2 feet this
afternoon.
- Flood stage is 14.0 feet.
- http://www.weather.gov/safety/flood