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South Dakota Flood Stories

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

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McCook, SD · Jun 21, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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McCook, SD · Jun 21, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Davison, SD · Jun 20, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Aurora, SD · Jun 20, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Lincoln, SD · Jun 21, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Turner, SD · Jun 20, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Brule, SD · Jun 20, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Flash Flood

McCook, SD · Jun 21, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Flash Flood

McCook, SD · Jun 21, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Lincoln, SD · Jun 21, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Minnehaha, SD · Jun 21, 2024

Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed by midday on June 20, and despite being transient, continued to redevelop through the evening and into the overnight hours.

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Stanley, SD · Aug 21, 2024

Widespread, slow moving thunderstorms brought hail, gusty wnds and heavy rain to portions of central South Dakota on the afternoon and evening of August 21st. Hail to the size of tennis balls was observed by a trained spotter 4 miles northwest of Murdo.

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Jones, SD · Aug 21, 2024

Widespread, slow moving thunderstorms brought hail, gusty wnds and heavy rain to portions of central South Dakota on the afternoon and evening of August 21st. Hail to the size of tennis balls was observed by a trained spotter 4 miles northwest of Murdo.

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Hyde, SD · Aug 22, 2024

Widespread, slow moving thunderstorms brought hail, gusty wnds and heavy rain to portions of central South Dakota on the afternoon and evening of August 21st. Hail to the size of tennis balls was observed by a trained spotter 4 miles northwest of Murdo.

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Grant, SD · May 7, 2024

A wet April and early May, including heavy rain producing thunderstorms on May 6th, resulted in the North Fork Whetstone River briefly rising to above flood stage during the evening of May 7th into the morning of May 8th.

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Codington, SD · Jul 4, 2024

Slow moving low pressure generated a pocket of prolonged heavy rain over a portion of northeast South Dakota. Radar estimates of rainfall ranged between 2 and 5 inches in a broad area covering portions of Brown, Day, Clark and Codington counties, with public measurements of…

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Clark, SD · Jul 4, 2024

Slow moving low pressure generated a pocket of prolonged heavy rain over a portion of northeast South Dakota. Radar estimates of rainfall ranged between 2 and 5 inches in a broad area covering portions of Brown, Day, Clark and Codington counties, with public measurements of…

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Codington, SD · Jul 5, 2024

Slow moving low pressure generated a pocket of prolonged heavy rain over a portion of northeast South Dakota. Radar estimates of rainfall ranged between 2 and 5 inches in a broad area covering portions of Brown, Day, Clark and Codington counties, with public measurements of…

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Codington, SD · Jul 5, 2024

Slow moving low pressure generated a pocket of prolonged heavy rain over a portion of northeast South Dakota. Radar estimates of rainfall ranged between 2 and 5 inches in a broad area covering portions of Brown, Day, Clark and Codington counties, with public measurements of…

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Turner, SD · Jun 21, 2024

A multi-day significant heavy rainfall event from June 20-22 resulted in widespread rain totals between 5 and 10 inches with pockets in excess of 15 inches across portions of southeast South Dakota, northwest Iowa, and southwest Minnesota.

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Hamlin, SD · Jun 23, 2024

Persistent rain across portions of Codington and Hamlin counties resulted in flooding along the South Branch Tributary of Mud Creek, along with a brief rise above flood stage for the Big Sioux near Castlewood.

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Codington, SD · Jun 22, 2024

Persistent rain across portions of Codington and Hamlin counties resulted in flooding along the South Branch Tributary of Mud Creek, along with a brief rise above flood stage for the Big Sioux near Castlewood.

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Codington, SD · Jun 3, 2024

Thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall with between 2 to 4 inches of moisture on June 2nd were responsible for the flooding along tributaries and portions of the main stem of the Big Sioux river.

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Hamlin, SD · Jun 3, 2024

Thunderstorms that produced heavy rainfall with between 2 to 4 inches of moisture on June 2nd were responsible for the flooding along tributaries and portions of the main stem of the Big Sioux river.

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