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Flood — Clark, SD

Jul 4, 2024

Slow moving low pressure generated a pocket of prolonged heavy rain over a portion of northeast South Dakota. Radar estimates of rainfall ranged between 2 and 5 inches in a broad area covering portions of Brown, Day, Clark and Codington counties, with public measurements of between 2.76 and 3.5 inches on the west side of Watertown, and an observed rainfall of 2.85 inches near Ferney. Portions of the Stokes-Thomas Lake City Park campground at Lake Kampeska experienced flooding as a result of thi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1182651). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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