999 first-hand accounts of flood events in South Dakota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
A deep and expansive snow pack across the area began to melt bringing many areas of flooding to central and northeast South Dakota from mid through late March. The flooding continued into April. Many roads along with countless acres of crop and pastureland were flooded.
Read the full account →A strong upper level disturbance produced heavy rain around Lead, Deadwood, and Central City. Four to five inches of rain fell in two hours, causing widespread street flooding in Lead and Deadwood.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →Water levels along the James River remained high from the excessive mid-September rainfall, as well as runoff and routing from melting of heavy mid-October snowfall across central and eastern North Dakota.
Read the full account →A powerful line of severe thunderstorms moved traversed Lawrence County entirely from west to east. Several reports of three-quarter inch diameter hail were received across the county.
Read the full account →Rapid snowmelt and ice jamming caused the Elm River near Westport to rise above flood stage on March 20th. The Elm River reached an all time record level of 22.69 feet on March 25th almost 9 feet above flood stage. The previous record was 22.11 feet set on Apri1 10th, 1969.
Read the full account →Heavy rain of 1 to 3 inches combined with snowmelt runoff brought flooding to parts of northeast South Dakota. Many roads across Clark, Grant, Hamlin, Deuel, and Roberts counties were flooded and damaged.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms moved across northeastern parts of Todd County and central Tripp County, producing hail to the size of golf balls and heavy rains.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms moved across northeastern parts of Todd County and central Tripp County, producing hail to the size of golf balls and heavy rains.
Read the full account →Very heavy rains from thunderstorms repeatedly going over the same area resulted in extensive flash flooding in a 30 to 40 mile wide band from Fort Pierre in southeast Stanley County to Hecla in northeast Brown County.
Read the full account →Heavy rain of 1 to 3 inches combined with snowmelt runoff brought flooding to parts of northeast South Dakota. Many roads across Clark, Grant, Hamlin, Deuel, and Roberts counties were flooded and damaged.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and early evening a localized but rather intense flash-flood occurred in the Rapid Creek drainage basin. A thunderstorm produced rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in less than an hour from Deerfield to Rapid City.
Read the full account →Heavy rains of three to seven inches fell across far eastern Brown, western and northern Day, and most of Marshall counties in late June causing widespread flooding. The flood waters slowly receded through July 10th.
Read the full account →Heavy rains of three to seven inches fell across far eastern Brown, western and northern Day, and most of Marshall counties in late June causing widespread flooding. The flood waters slowly receded through July 10th.
Read the full account →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.
Read the full account →Heavy rainfall of 3 to 8 inches in a few hours caused widespread flash flooding of streets, parks, ditches, homes and businesses, and other low areas in the central and southern parts of Sioux Falls, and just south of the city.
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