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North Dakota Flood Stories

414 first-hand accounts of flood events in North Dakota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

Flood$150K damage

Burleigh, ND · Mar 21, 1997

Warm weather toward the end of March lead to rapid snow melt across southcentral North Dakota. This in turn lead to flooding across much of the area. Near the confluence of Spring Creek and the Knife River, the town of Beulah(Mercer Co) had 150 families evacuated.

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Flood$145K damage

Rolette, ND · Apr 1, 2009

Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009. Bismarck, for example, had the snowiest December on record, which was also the snowiest month ever on record, with 33.3 inches of snow in December 2008.

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Flash Flood$100K damage

Burleigh, ND · Aug 15, 2011

A severe weather outbreak unfolded during the late afternoon and evening of the 15th as thunderstorms developed and intensified along several boundaries over southwest and south central North Dakota.

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Flood$127K damage

Adams, ND · Mar 6, 2009

This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.

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Flood$123K damage

La Moure, ND · Apr 1, 2009

Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009. Bismarck, for example, had the snowiest December on record, which was also the snowiest month ever on record, with 33.3 inches of snow in December 2008.

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Flood$121K damage

Logan, ND · Mar 6, 2009

This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Grant, ND · Jun 12, 2011

A strong short wave trough ejecting into the Northern Plains, coupled with increasing large scale ascent ahead of an upper level jet streak, brought widespread severe weather to much of southwest and south central North Dakota during the evening hours of June 12th.

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Flash Flood$50K damage

Burleigh, ND · Jul 30, 2011

Two waves of severe weather struck west and central North Dakota from the evening of the 29th through the early morning hours of the 30th. ||The first wave of storms occurred along a surface warm front over the south and along a cool front across the north during the evening…

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Flood$50K damage

McKenzie, ND · May 11, 2011

This was part of historic flooding in North Dakota with statewide costs estimated around 1.5 billion dollars. Flooding was the result of significant winter snows and significant spring rains, not only in North Dakota but in Montana as well.

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Flood$50K damage

Billings, ND · May 22, 2011

This was part of historic flooding in North Dakota with statewide costs estimated around 1.5 billion dollars. Flooding was the result of significant winter snows and significant spring rains. Flooding was along the Little Missouri River through Medora.

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Flood$50K damage

Mountrail, ND · May 11, 2011

This was part of historic flooding in North Dakota with statewide costs estimated around 1.5 billion dollars. Flooding was the result of significant winter snows and significant spring rains, not only in North Dakota but in Montana as well.

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Flood$50K damage

Dunn, ND · May 11, 2011

This was part of historic flooding in North Dakota with statewide costs estimated around 1.5 billion dollars. Flooding was the result of significant winter snows and significant spring rains, not only in North Dakota but in Montana as well.

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Flood$105K damage

Rolette, ND · Mar 6, 2009

This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.

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Flash Flood$150K damage

Rolette, ND · Jun 24, 2007

In the late evening of Sunday June 24th, Severe Thunderstorm Watch 449 was issued in anticipation of severe thunderstorms developing across western and central North Dakota.

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Flash Flood

Cass, ND · Jun 20, 2025

During the evening of Friday, June 20th into the early morning hours of June 21st, much of the region was affected by severe weather. Supercell thunderstorms developed across southeast North Dakota ahead of an approaching convective complex, producing multiple strong,…

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Flood$100K damage

Morton, ND · Mar 21, 1997

Warm weather toward the end of March lead to rapid snow melt across southcentral North Dakota. This in turn lead to flooding across much of the area. Near the confluence of Spring Creek and the Knife River, the town of Beulah(Mercer Co) had 150 families evacuated.

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Flood$100K damage

Grant, ND · Apr 1, 2009

Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009. Bismarck, for example, had the snowiest December on record, which was also the snowiest month ever on record, with 33.3 inches of snow in December 2008.

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Flood$99K damage

Dickey, ND · Mar 6, 2009

This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.

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Flood$99K damage

Oliver, ND · Apr 1, 2009

Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009. Bismarck, for example, had the snowiest December on record, which was also the snowiest month ever on record, with 33.3 inches of snow in December 2008.

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Flood$94K damage

McIntosh, ND · Mar 6, 2009

This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.

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Flood$94K damage

McKenzie, ND · Mar 6, 2009

This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.

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Flood$88K damage

Oliver, ND · Mar 6, 2009

This devastating flooding continued into April, and in some cases worsened.||Western and central North Dakota experienced a snowy winter of 2008-2009.

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Flood$200K damage

Benson, ND · Jun 1, 2011

Wet weather continued through the month of June, causing the levels of Devils Lake and Stump Lake to hold fairly steady. Devils Lake started the month with an elevation of roughly 1454.25 feet MSL and ended the month of June at an elevation of roughly 1454.30 feet MSL.

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Flood$200K damage

Ramsey, ND · Jun 1, 2011

Wet weather continued through the month of June, causing the levels of Devils Lake and Stump Lake to hold fairly steady. Devils Lake started the month with an elevation of roughly 1454.25 feet MSL and ended the month of June at an elevation of roughly 1454.30 feet MSL.

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