999 first-hand accounts of flood events in South Dakota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Numerous thunderstorms developed along a stationary front and trained over the same locations producing very heavy rains along with large hail. Very heavy rains of 2 to nearly 5 inches resulted in the flash flooding of numerous roads. Several of the roads were washed out.
Read the full account →A prolonged rain event over several days led to flooding and flash flooding over the Cheyenne and White River basins. Three to five inches of rain fell, with some locations receiving nearly four inches of rain within six hours on the evening of May 11.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A significant early spring storm wrapped up while moving from Kansas on the morning of Saturday, March 28 to Wisconsin early morning March 29.
Read the full account →A prolonged rain event over several days led to flooding and flash flooding over the Cheyenne and White River basins. Three to five inches of rain fell, with some locations receiving nearly four inches of rain within six hours on the evening of May 11.
Read the full account →A prolonged rain event over several days led to flooding and flash flooding over the Cheyenne and White River basins. Three to five inches of rain fell, with some locations receiving nearly four inches of rain within six hours on the evening of May 11.
Read the full account →A prolonged rain event over several days led to flooding and flash flooding over the Cheyenne and White River basins. Three to five inches of rain fell, with some locations receiving nearly four inches of rain within six hours on the evening of May 11.
Read the full account →A prolonged rain event over several days led to flooding and flash flooding over the Cheyenne and White River basins. Three to five inches of rain fell, with some locations receiving nearly four inches of rain within six hours on the evening of May 11.
Read the full account →A prolonged rain event over several days led to flooding and flash flooding over the Cheyenne and White River basins. Three to five inches of rain fell, with some locations receiving nearly four inches of rain within six hours on the evening of May 11.
Read the full account →A prolonged rain event over several days led to flooding and flash flooding over the Cheyenne and White River basins. Three to five inches of rain fell, with some locations receiving nearly four inches of rain within six hours on the evening of May 11.
Read the full account →After heavy rainfall during the first half of August, the James river gauge at Ashton rose above flood stage on the morning of August 11th and remained in flood through August 21st. The river crested at 13.25 on August 18th, 0.25 feet above flood stage.
Read the full account →Snowmelt resulted in flooding along Oak Creek. Temperatures on April 11th hit a record 90 degrees in Mobridge after several days of mild weather and rapid snowmelt.
Read the full account →Monsoonal moisture streaming into the area, combined with slow moving thunderstorms, produced a narrow area of heavy rain from Black Hawk to Rapid Valley.
Read the full account →Flooding on the James River which started in mid-April continued through the entirety of June, due to the combination of April snowmelt and rounds of heavy showers and thunderstorms during the middle to end of the month.
Read the full account →Flooding on the James River which started in mid-April continued through the entirety of June, due to the combination of April snowmelt and rounds of heavy showers and thunderstorms during the middle to end of the month.
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