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Flood — Hutchinson, SD

Jun 26, 2018

Starting June 20, the area was impacted adversely by several very slow moving mid-level waves which drifted across the northern and central Plains and interacted with a nearly stationary region of baroclinicity during the following week. High precipitable water and persistent lift forcing resulted in a widespread 2 to 6 inches of rainfall, inundating crop and pasture land.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 764801). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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