Flood — Brown, South Dakota

2025-08-26 to 2025-08-31 · near Putney, Brown, South Dakota

Event narrative

The river would top out at 14.64 feet, or 0.64 feet above flood stage, at the end of the month. The flooding mainly impacted adjacent agricultural lands.

Wider weather episode

Above normal rainfall and releases from North Dakota would result in the James River near Stratford going into flood on the morning of August 26th. The river would remain in flood through the end of the month.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1291983. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.