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Flash Flood — Buffalo, SD

Jun 20, 2024

Thunderstorms with heavy rainfall produced flooding across a broad swath of Lyman, Buffalo and Hand counties. In Lyman county, 7.46 inches was observed at a weather station 6 miles south southwest of Oacoma, while the South Dakota State University mesonet station near Oacoma recorded 5.51 inches. A CoCoRaHS observer 5 miles west southwest of Oacoma also observed 4.79 inches. In nearby Buffalo county, 3.56 inches of rain was measured 4 miles east northeast of Shelby. Damage with this round of flo

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1192165). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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