Flood — Brookings, South Dakota

2025-06-29 to 2025-06-30 · near Medary, Brookings, South Dakota

Event narrative

Medary Creek near Medary rose above flood stage the morning of June 29th, cresting around 0.83 feet above flood stage (1588.83 feet) on June 30th. The creek stayed above flood stage into early July.

Wider weather episode

A period of heavy rain across northeast South Dakota resulted in downstream river gauges within the upper and middle Big Sioux River Basin to rise into Minor and locally Moderate flood stage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1261528. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.