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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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Lincoln, SD · Mar 14, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Sanborn, SD · Mar 14, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Brookings, SD · Mar 18, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall with a late winter storm drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With 1 to 3 inches of snow water equivalent still in the snow pack south of Interstate 90 and 3 to 6 inches of snow water equivalent north of Interstate 90,…

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Beadle, SD · Mar 21, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall with a late winter storm drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With 1 to 3 inches of snow water equivalent still in the snow pack south of Interstate 90 and 3 to 6 inches of snow water equivalent north of Interstate 90,…

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Moody, SD · Mar 19, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall with a late winter storm drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With 1 to 3 inches of snow water equivalent still in the snow pack south of Interstate 90 and 3 to 6 inches of snow water equivalent north of Interstate 90,…

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Minnehaha, SD · Mar 19, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall with a late winter storm drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With 1 to 3 inches of snow water equivalent still in the snow pack south of Interstate 90 and 3 to 6 inches of snow water equivalent north of Interstate 90,…

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Moody, SD · Mar 17, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall with a late winter storm drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With 1 to 3 inches of snow water equivalent still in the snow pack south of Interstate 90 and 3 to 6 inches of snow water equivalent north of Interstate 90,…

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Clay, SD · Mar 13, 2019

Rainfall of one to three inches on frozen ground and into a snow pack with between 2 and 5 inches of liquid water equivalent resulted in considerable overland flooding.||One of the hardest hit areas was around Yankton, where a No Travel Advisory was issued for the city on March…

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Charles Mix, SD · Mar 13, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Davison, SD · Mar 14, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Hanson, SD · Mar 14, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Bon Homme, SD · Mar 13, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Moody, SD · Mar 20, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall with a late winter storm drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With 1 to 3 inches of snow water equivalent still in the snow pack south of Interstate 90 and 3 to 6 inches of snow water equivalent north of Interstate 90,…

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Moody, SD · Mar 19, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall with a late winter storm drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With 1 to 3 inches of snow water equivalent still in the snow pack south of Interstate 90 and 3 to 6 inches of snow water equivalent north of Interstate 90,…

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Moody, SD · Mar 20, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall with a late winter storm drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With 1 to 3 inches of snow water equivalent still in the snow pack south of Interstate 90 and 3 to 6 inches of snow water equivalent north of Interstate 90,…

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Hutchinson, SD · Mar 14, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Union, SD · Mar 15, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Davison, SD · Mar 16, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Moody, SD · Mar 18, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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Brown, SD · Dec 1, 2019

The James River remained above flood stage throughout December across Brown and into Spink county. The river was approaching or broke the record for the number of days continuously above flood stage at Columbia, Stratford, and Ashton.

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Spink, SD · Dec 1, 2019

The James River remained above flood stage throughout December across Brown and into Spink county. The river was approaching or broke the record for the number of days continuously above flood stage at Columbia, Stratford, and Ashton.

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Brown, SD · Nov 1, 2019

Long term James River flooding remained throughout Brown and into Spink county throughout November. Although with releases upstream from the Jamestown Dam in North Dakota beginning in mid October, 3 to 5 foot rises occurred at Stratford, Columbia, and Ashton through the end of…

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Spink, SD · Nov 1, 2019

Long term James River flooding remained throughout Brown and into Spink county throughout November. Although with releases upstream from the Jamestown Dam in North Dakota beginning in mid October, 3 to 5 foot rises occurred at Stratford, Columbia, and Ashton through the end of…

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Hutchinson, SD · Mar 13, 2019

A historic flooding event unfolded as heavy rainfall drenched the area on March 13-14, 2019. With frozen and impervious ground, full and rapid runoff was maximized.

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