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Flash Flood — Stutsman, ND

Aug 16, 2014

Several waves of heavy rain, with embedded non severe thunderstorms with torrential rain, moved through western and central North Dakota. There was overland, stream, river and flash flooding, mainly over the southern half of the western and central parts of the state. The hardest hit areas were between Williston and Dickinson, and between Bismarck and Jamestown. Up to six inches of rain fell from Kintyre to Napoleon to Menoken. Up to 11 inches was indicated by radar and verified through ground t

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 541204). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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