999 first-hand accounts of flood events in South Dakota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Rapid snowmelt from a few day period of well above normal temperatures focused on the 11-13th of April resulted in moderate to locally major flooding through much of the James River Basin.
Read the full account →Rapid snowmelt from a few day period of well above normal temperatures focused on the 11-13th of April resulted in moderate to locally major flooding through much of the James River Basin.
Read the full account →Severe thunderstorms developed over central Ziebach County during the late afternoon and early evening. The storms regenerated and moved very slowly to the northeast, producing four to seven inches of rain in a few hours, which caused flash flooding over the much of northern and…
Read the full account →Rapid snowmelt caused Oak Creek to flood at Wakpala. The creek went above flood stage on March 20th and rose to a major flood stage of 19.3 feet on March 23rd. This stage was just a half of a foot from the record stage in 1997.
Read the full account →A cold front and upper level trough moving across central and northeast South Dakota interacting with moist and unstable air brought several severe thunderstorms along with heavy rains to the area.
Read the full account →Heavy rains of 3 to 6 inches fell from around midday through the afternoon hours causing flash flooding across parts of Spink, Clark, and Day counties. Many county and township roads were flooded with several of the roads damaged or completely washed out.
Read the full account →Excessive rain of four to eight inches fell during the overnight and early morning hours over southeast Perkins and northern Ziebach counties; as a result, numerous creeks and the Moreau river overflowed their banks.
Read the full account →Two to three inches of rain in 18 hours on saturated soils caused flooding in central and eastern Pennington County and southern Meade County on June 4. An additional one to two inches of rain on June 5 exacerbated the flooding.
Read the full account →Elevated river levels out of the Niobrara River in north central Nebraska from seasonal freeze-up and silt deposit resulted in river levels at a few gages upstream of Gavins Point Dam pushing toward or above Action Stage.
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 →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 →Three to five and a half inches of rain fell in two hours from O'Neil Pass to Roubaix Lake along the North Rapid Creek and Rapid Creek upstream of Pactola Reservoir, causing flooding from Rochford to Silver City and in Swede Gulch.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced isolated severe weather and heavy rainfall. A wind gust of 62 mph was observed one mile east-southeast of Bowdle, and quarter-size hail was reported one mile west of Zell.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced isolated severe weather and heavy rainfall. A wind gust of 62 mph was observed one mile east-southeast of Bowdle, and quarter-size hail was reported one mile west of Zell.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced large hail, damaging winds, and brief tornadoes in southeast South Dakota during the evening of July 23rd. The storms moved east and affected the area mainly near and south of Interstate 90.
Read the full account →A severe thunderstorm developed just northwest of Rapid City and slowly drifted north and east through portions of the Rapid City, Black Hawk, and Summerset areas; producing hail around quarter size and heavy rain.
Read the full account →Between two and a half and three inches of rain fell over Shep's and Alabaugh Canyons southwest of Hot Springs. A section of Shep's Canyon Road was washed out, several culverts were damaged, and trees fell across roads near Angostura Reservoir.
Read the full account →A complex of thunderstorms that began on the evening of June 7th across southeastern North Dakota back-built to the west through the night and then to the southwest through the day on June 8th.
Read the full account →An unstable warm sector with MUCAPE up to 2000-2500 J/kg developed during the afternoon between an advancing cold front across southeast South Dakota and a gangly warm front extending into southwest Minnesota.
Read the full account →An unstable warm sector with MUCAPE up to 2000-2500 J/kg developed during the afternoon between an advancing cold front across southeast South Dakota and a gangly warm front extending into southwest Minnesota.
Read the full account →An unstable warm sector with MUCAPE up to 2000-2500 J/kg developed during the afternoon between an advancing cold front across southeast South Dakota and a gangly warm front extending into southwest Minnesota.
Read the full account →An unstable warm sector with MUCAPE up to 2000-2500 J/kg developed during the afternoon between an advancing cold front across southeast South Dakota and a gangly warm front extending into southwest Minnesota.
Read the full account →An unstable warm sector with MUCAPE up to 2000-2500 J/kg developed during the afternoon between an advancing cold front across southeast South Dakota and a gangly warm front extending into southwest Minnesota.
Read the full account →An unstable warm sector with MUCAPE up to 2000-2500 J/kg developed during the afternoon between an advancing cold front across southeast South Dakota and a gangly warm front extending into southwest Minnesota.
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