Mount Rushmore National Memorial, South Dakota

Regional Weather Alerts


Alert: Flood Warning
Area(s): Brookings, SD; Moody, SD
Effective: 7aaeor43aa -> 10aaeor0aa
Onset: 7aaeor43aa -> 8aaeor45aa
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Urgency: Immediate
Issued By: NWS Sioux Falls SD on 7aaeor43aa
Headline: Flood Warning issued July 7 at 8:43AM CDT until July 10 at 1:00AM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD
Description: ...The Flood Warning is extended for the following rivers in South
Dakota...

Big Sioux River near Brookings affecting Moody and Brookings
Counties.

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

* WHERE...Big Sioux River near Brookings.

* WHEN...Until early Thursday morning.

* IMPACTS...At 9.0 feet, Significant amounts of pasture and farm
lands begin flooding on the left bank of the river. The road south
of the Brookings water treatment plant is flooded, as is 217th
Street between 468th and 469th Avenues.

* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...
- At 7:45 AM CDT Monday the stage was 9.4 feet.
- Recent Activity...The maximum river stage in the 24 hours
ending at 7:45 AM CDT Monday was 9.5 feet.
- Forecast...The river is expected to fall below flood stage
early Wednesday morning and continue falling to 8.2 feet
Saturday morning.
- Flood stage is 9.0 feet.
- Stay up to date with the latest river observations and
forecasts at: www.water.noaa.gov