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  "title": "Flood Watch issued Sept. 6, 2026 by NWS Sioux Falls SD",
  "dek": "Flood Watch issued September 6 at 10:23AM CDT until September 6 at 10:00PM CDT by NWS Sioux Falls SD. Areas named: Lyon; Osceola; Dickinson; Sioux; O'Brien; Clay; Plymouth; Cherokee; Buena Vista; Woodbury; Ida; Murray; Cottonwood; Nobles; Jackson; Pipestone; Rock; Minnehaha; Lincoln; Union. Whether this alert is still in effect is shown on the page, computed from its stated expiry when you load it.",
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  "publishedAt": "2026-09-07T12:03:06.881Z",
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  "bodyMd": "**NWS Sioux Falls SD issued a Flood Watch** on Sept. 6, 2026, 9:23 a.m. MDT / 10:23 a.m. CDT, according to the National Weather Service's public alert record.\n\nThe alert states an effective time of Sept. 6, 2026, 9:23 a.m. MDT / 10:23 a.m. CDT, an onset of Sept. 6, 2026, 9:23 a.m. MDT / 10:23 a.m. CDT, and an expiry of Sept. 6, 2026, 9 p.m. MDT / 10 p.m. CDT. South Dakota spans two time zones and this alert may reach both, so each instant is shown in Mountain and then Central time; the office's own published offset is preserved in the machine-readable record.\n\nThe alert separately states that the hazard itself ends at Sept. 6, 2026, 9 p.m. MDT / 10 p.m. CDT. That is a different field from the message's expiry above and the two can differ.\n\nWhether this alert is currently in effect is not stated in this text, deliberately: it depends on the time you are reading, so 605Buzz computes it from the expiry above each time the page is loaded rather than storing an answer that would go out of date without anyone noticing. The status shown at the top of this page is the computed one.\n\nThe issuing office classified this message as severity \"Severe\", certainty \"Possible\" and urgency \"Future\". Those are the National Weather Service's own categories, reproduced exactly; 605Buzz does not re-rank them or translate them into a scale of its own.\n\nThe recommended response type on the message is \"Prepare\".\n\nThe alert names these areas: Lyon; Osceola; Dickinson; Sioux; O'Brien; Clay; Plymouth; Cherokee; Buena Vista; Woodbury; Ida; Murray; Cottonwood; Nobles; Jackson; Pipestone; Rock; Minnehaha; Lincoln; Union. The National Weather Service zone codes are IAZ001, IAZ002, IAZ003, IAZ012, IAZ013, IAZ014, IAZ020, IAZ021, IAZ022, IAZ031, IAZ032, MNZ080, MNZ081, MNZ089, MNZ090, MNZ097, MNZ098, SDZ062, SDZ067 and SDZ071.\n\nThe issuing office's own summary line, as written on Sept. 6, 2026, 9:23 a.m. MDT / 10:23 a.m. CDT:\n\n> FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING\n\nThe full text of the alert as issued on Sept. 6, 2026, 9:23 a.m. MDT / 10:23 a.m. CDT, reproduced without changes:\n\n> \\* WHAT...Flash flooding caused by excessive rainfall is possible.\n>\n> \\* WHERE...Portions of Iowa, including the following areas, Buena\n> Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Ida, Lyon, O'Brien, Osceola,\n> Plymouth, Sioux and Woodbury, southwest Minnesota, including the\n> following areas, Cottonwood, Jackson, Murray, Nobles, Pipestone and\n> Rock, and southeast South Dakota, including the following areas,\n> Lincoln, Minnehaha and Union.\n>\n> \\* WHEN...Until 10 PM CDT this evening.\n>\n> \\* IMPACTS...Excessive runoff may result in flooding of rivers,\n> creeks, streams, and other low-lying and flood-prone locations.\n> Creeks and streams may rise out of their banks.\n>\n> \\* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...\n> - Slow moving thunderstorms may lead to rapid rainfall\n> accumulations. Hourly rainfall rates of 2 to 4 inches are\n> possible.  This rainfall may lead to flash flooding along with\n> rapid rises on streams and creeks.\n> - Stay up to date with the latest river observations and forecasts\n> at: water.noaa.gov\n\nThe protective-action text the issuing office attached, reproduced without changes:\n\n> You should monitor later forecasts and be prepared to take action\n> should Flash Flood Warnings be issued.\n\nThe National Weather Service superseded this message at Sept. 6, 2026, 6:23 p.m. MDT / 7:23 p.m. CDT with a later one. This article records the message as issued.\n\nThis alert is a work of the United States federal government — the National Weather Service, part of NOAA — and is in the **public domain**; no copyright is claimed on it and none is asserted here. 605Buzz reproduces the record and does not add meteorological judgement. For live conditions and alerts, go to the [National Weather Service](https://www.weather.gov/).\n\n605Buzz publishes alerts the National Weather Service gave a window of two hours or longer, and checks once a day. Short-notice warnings — including tornado and severe thunderstorm warnings, which the service typically issues for under an hour — are NOT carried here, so their absence from this site says nothing about whether one was issued. For those, and for live conditions, go to the [National Weather Service](https://www.weather.gov/).",
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