999 first-hand accounts of flood events in South Dakota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Runoff from significant early spring precipitation during the first couple of weeks of April maintained flooding along portions of the James River. Much of the basin experienced as much as 1 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation through April 14.
Read the full account →Runoff from significant early spring precipitation during the first couple of weeks of April maintained flooding along portions of the James River. Much of the basin experienced as much as 1 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation through April 14.
Read the full account →Runoff from significant early spring precipitation during the first couple of weeks of April maintained flooding along portions of the James River. Much of the basin experienced as much as 1 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation through April 14.
Read the full account →Runoff from significant early spring precipitation during the first couple of weeks of April maintained flooding along portions of the James River. Much of the basin experienced as much as 1 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation through April 14.
Read the full account →Runoff from significant early spring precipitation during the first couple of weeks of April maintained flooding along portions of the James River. Much of the basin experienced as much as 1 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation through April 14.
Read the full account →Runoff from significant early spring precipitation during the first couple of weeks of April maintained flooding along portions of the James River. Much of the basin experienced as much as 1 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation through April 14.
Read the full account →Runoff from significant early spring precipitation during the first couple of weeks of April maintained flooding along portions of the James River. Much of the basin experienced as much as 1 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation through April 14.
Read the full account →Runoff from significant early spring precipitation during the first couple of weeks of April maintained flooding along portions of the James River. Much of the basin experienced as much as 1 to 3 inches of liquid equivalent precipitation through April 14.
Read the full account →A cold front moving in from the west brought severe weather to parts of central and north central South Dakota. Large hail up to golf ball size, damaging winds to 70 mph, along with flash flooding occurred during the morning hours.
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed along a stationary front extending from west to east across eastern South Dakota. Large hail up to tennis ball size, wind gusts to near sixty-five mph, along with flash flooding occurred during the late evening and overnight across parts of…
Read the full account →Numerous thunderstorms developed along a stationary front extending from west to east across eastern South Dakota. Large hail up to tennis ball size, wind gusts to near sixty-five mph, along with flash flooding occurred during the late evening and overnight across parts of…
Read the full account →A cold front moving in from the west brought severe weather to parts of central and north central South Dakota. Large hail up to golf ball size, damaging winds to 70 mph, along with flash flooding occurred during the morning hours.
Read the full account →A cold front moving in from the west brought severe weather to parts of central and north central South Dakota. Large hail up to golf ball size, damaging winds to 70 mph, along with flash flooding occurred during the morning hours.
Read the full account →Extreme rainfall and severe weather occurred along a stationary frontal boundary extending across the region. Thunderstorms training over the same area brought rainfall amounts from 3 to over 13 inches causing extensive flash flooding.
Read the full account →Extreme rainfall and severe weather occurred along a stationary frontal boundary extending across the region. Thunderstorms training over the same area brought rainfall amounts from 3 to over 13 inches causing extensive flash flooding.
Read the full account →Extreme rainfall and severe weather occurred along a stationary frontal boundary extending across the region. Thunderstorms training over the same area brought rainfall amounts from 3 to over 13 inches causing extensive flash flooding.
Read the full account →Extreme rainfall and severe weather occurred along a stationary frontal boundary extending across the region. Thunderstorms training over the same area brought rainfall amounts from 3 to over 13 inches causing extensive flash flooding.
Read the full account →Extreme rainfall and severe weather occurred along a stationary frontal boundary extending across the region. Thunderstorms training over the same area brought rainfall amounts from 3 to over 13 inches causing extensive flash flooding.
Read the full account →Snowmelt water caused the Big Sioux River at Castlewood to go above and below flood stage several times in March from the 9th to the 22nd. The river went above the flood stage of 9 feet on March 9th rising to 10.5 feet on March 11th and then falling back below flood stage on…
Read the full account →A strong mid-level wave pushed southeast toward southwest Minnesota overnight and the early morning hours on July 19. A large cluster of storms developed across eastern South Dakota after midnight, and with a high moisture content to the air mass, rainfall rates were quite…
Read the full account →A strong mid-level wave pushed southeast toward southwest Minnesota overnight and the early morning hours on July 19. A large cluster of storms developed across eastern South Dakota after midnight, and with a high moisture content to the air mass, rainfall rates were quite…
Read the full account →A strong mid-level wave pushed southeast toward southwest Minnesota overnight and the early morning hours on July 19. A large cluster of storms developed across eastern South Dakota after midnight, and with a high moisture content to the air mass, rainfall rates were quite…
Read the full account →A strong mid-level wave pushed southeast toward southwest Minnesota overnight and the early morning hours on July 19. A large cluster of storms developed across eastern South Dakota after midnight, and with a high moisture content to the air mass, rainfall rates were quite…
Read the full account →Nearly stationary thunderstorms developed over and near Custer during the early afternoon. Radar estimated six to seven inches of rain fell west of Custer, with measured observations as much as 5.35 inches.
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