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Flash Flood — Brookings, SD

Jun 26, 2010

Thunderstorms produced a variety of severe weather and flash flooding in much of southeast South Dakota from late morning through the afternoon and into the early evening of June 26th. The first reports were mostly large hail and mainly north of Interstate 90, but by early evening the storms had also spread south of the interstate, and produced a greater variety of severe weather.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 246457). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

Flood Risk Context for Brookings, SD

This event is one of many recorded floods in Brookings County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.

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