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Flash Flood — Custer, SD

Aug 7, 1999

Nearly stationary thunderstorms produced from 3 to 7 inches of rainfall in the French Creek basin. This water inundated French Creek which flows through Custer and considerable damage occurred to county roads and portions of the city of Custer. Over one dozen evacuations were ordered. One major result of the flooding was the contamination of the waste treatment plant which took in 2.9 million gallons of water in 48 hours, and it can normally handle just 500,000 gallons of water a day. The new

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 5719832). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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