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Flood — Pennington, SD

Jul 24, 2022

Monsoonal moisture streaming into the area, combined with slow moving thunderstorms, produced a narrow area of heavy rain from Black Hawk to Rapid Valley. Runoff from this rainfall caused minor street flooding on a few city streets in Rapid City, flooded open agricultural fields in Rapid Valley, and caused high flows and minor flooding along Rapid Creek.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1041299). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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