Jul 5, 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 1199860). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Codington County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.