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Flood — Bon Homme, SD

Mar 28, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall with a late winter storm drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With 1 to 3 inches of snow water equivalent still in the snow pack south of Interstate 90 and 3 to 6 inches of snow water equivalent north of Interstate 90, gradually warming temperatures, and the frozen impervious ground, runoff into the controlled Missouri River resulted in crests late in the month.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 828330). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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