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Part of: Day County Area Flooding — July 2026 →
Flood Warning issued July 30 at 9:59PM CDT until July 31 at 10:00AM CDT by NWS Aberdeen SD
This is a severe-significance flood warning event affecting Lyman, SD, tracked from official feeds (NOAA / National Weather Service). We update this page as the situation develops.
- Type
- Flood Warning
- Extent
- ≈ 100,938 acres
- Began
- To end
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- Forecast discussion NWS ABR
Area Forecast Discussion
Lingering showers finish this morning, then dry conditions return through the weekend; elevated fire weather risk Sunday with gusts to 40 mph and temperatures near 100°F.
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000 FXUS63 KABR 310750 AFDABR
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Aberdeen SD 250 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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.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 expec ted to be fairly light in terms of rain rate, another 0.5"-1" of rain may fall through the morning hours today. Flooding concerns will remain…
- Storm report NWS ABR storm report
FLASH FLOOD — Pierre, SD
Report from mPING: Street/road flooding; Street/road closed; Vehicles stranded.
- Storm report NWS ABR storm report
FLOOD — Fort Pierre, SD
Stanley County Emergency Manager reports localized flooding on US-14 in Fort Pierre.
- Bulletin NWS Aberdeen SD
Flood Warning issued
Lyman, SD
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