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1 concurrent flood warnings — 8 counties affected
Severe flooding began in Roberts, Brown, Day, Hughes, Brule, Kingsbury, Potter, and Faulk counties in South Dakota on July 30, affecting homes with water intrusion and mold risk.
Overview written from official NOAA / National Weather Service data.
- Type
- Flood Outbreak
- Extent
- ≈ 2,328,699 acres
- Began
- To end
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Roberts County, SD; Brown County, SD; Day County, SD; Hughes County, SD; Brule County, SD; Kingsbury County, SD; Potter County, SD; Faulk County, SD · ≈ 3,600 sq mi reported extent · Enable JavaScript to explore the map.
2026-07-31 14:33 UTC · snapshot 14 of 14
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Latest updates
Official updates and news coverage for this event, newest first — National Weather Service products, local storm reports, incident updates and press headlines. Official items are verbatim government text; news headlines link out to the original outlet.
- News Kansas City Star
Flash flood warning for parts of Kansas City as downpours drench metro
- Forecast discussion NWS ABR
Area Forecast Discussion
Showers end this morning, then dry weekend weather arrives with upper 90s to low 100s and elevated fire risk due to strong southerly winds reaching 30–40 mph on Sunday.
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Area Forecast Discussion...UPDATED National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 634 AM CDT Fri Jul 31 2026
.KEY MESSAGES...
- Once lingering showers move out this morning, expect a dry forecast through the weekend.
- Temperatures into the upper 90s to low 100s return over parts of central and north central South Dakota this weekend. Temperatures are set to cool down to below normal by the middle of next week.
- Above normal temperatures and strong southerly wind gusts will combine to create elevated fire weather concerns over central and north central South Dakota this weekend, particularly on Sunday when gusts reach as high as 30-40 miles per hour.
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.UPDATE... Issued at 630 AM CDT Fri Jul 31 2026
Aviation discussion updated below for the 12Z TAFs.
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.DISCUSSION... Issued at 249 AM CDT Fri Jul 31 2026
Some light rain showers linger over northeastern South Dakota and western Minnesota this morning. Storms yesterday produced a fairly extensive swath of 4"-6" in total precipitation (as of roughly 07Z) and MRMS estimates indicate that some localized areas may have received as much as 6"-8". While lingering showers are expected to be fairly light…
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- Bulletin NWS Aberdeen SD
Flood Warning issued
Roberts, SD
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- NWS Aberdeen SD Bulletin
- NWS Sioux Falls SD Bulletin
- News Channel 5 Nashville News
Clarksville planning commission defers plans for 150-home development after spring flooding
- WPDE News
Mullins woman says months of ignored leak led to flooding, unsafe living conditions
- Aberdeen Insider News
Flash Flood Warning Issued For Parts Of Brown, Day Counties, Including Aberdeen
- NWS ABR storm report Storm report
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- NWS Aberdeen SD Bulletin
- NWS ABR storm report Storm report
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- NWS Aberdeen SD Bulletin
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- NWS Aberdeen SD Bulletin
- ABC News - Breaking News, Latest News and Videos News
Video Search underway for 10-year-old girl swept away in flooded river
- WV MetroNews News
Lewis County Schools facing millions of dollars in repairs after devastating flooding
- NWS Aberdeen SD Bulletin
- NWS Aberdeen SD Bulletin
- NWS Aberdeen SD Bulletin
- NWS Aberdeen SD Bulletin
- NWS Aberdeen SD Bulletin
- Cowboy State Daily News
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- The American Legion News
Posts, departments come together to assist those impacted by flooding
- WGME News
A day of relentless rain: Historic flooding swamps parts of New York
- cbsnews.com News
Quakertown families plead with governor, borough for help after floodwaters destroy homes, memories
- Houston Public Media News
‘Where are all the volunteers?’: Kerr County faces worse flood damage with fewer resources
- The Plumas Sun News
- PhillyBurbs News
- The Texas Tribune News
“Where are all the volunteers?” Kerr County faces worse flood damage with fewer resources
- CNN News
Two days of heavy rain across the Northeast set records and forced water rescues
- ABC7 New York News
New Jersey slammed after two straight days of torrential rain, flooding, severe thunderstorms
- CBC News
‘Water everywhere:’ Flooding impacts homes, farms and vineyards in Niagara after overnight rainstorm
- WFSB News
First Alert Weather: Rounds of heavy rain lead to flooding concerns across CT
- Niagara Now News
PHOTOS: Severe flooding throughout NOTL after overnight storm
- Patch News
Camillo Urges Caution As Potentially Heavy Rain Moves Into Greenwich Area
- WBAL-TV News
- ABC7 Chicago News
- english.nv.ua News
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- UKNow News
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- City of Toronto News
- WFSB News
Technical Discussion: A First Alert Weather Day as heavy rain leads to a flooding threat
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Warnings covered
Warnings this outbreak covered
This page tracks the outbreak as a whole; each entry below is one official warning thread with its own live status, map and update log.
- Flash Flood Warning — Big Stone, MN +4Big Stone, MN; Traverse, MN; Day, SD; Marshall, SD; Roberts, SDsevereEnded
- Flood Warning — Big Stone, MN +4Big Stone, MN; Traverse, MN; Day, SD; Marshall, SD; Roberts, SDsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Brown, SD +1Brown, SD; Day, SDsevereEnded
- Flood Warning — Day, SDDay, SDsevereEnded
- Flood Warning — Day, SDDay, SDsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Day, SDDay, SDsevereEnded
- Flood Warning — Faulk, SDFaulk, SDsevereEnded
- Flood Warning — Faulk, SD +1Faulk, SD; Potter, SDsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Hughes, SD +1Hughes, SD; Stanley, SDsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Kingsbury, SDKingsbury, SDsevereEnded
- Flash Flood Warning — Lyman, SDLyman, SDsevereEnded
- Flood Warning — Lyman, SDLyman, SDsevereEnded
- Flood Warning — Potter, SDPotter, SDsevereEnded
- Flood Warning — Roberts, SDRoberts, SDsevereEnded