999 first-hand accounts of flood events in South Dakota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Snowmelt and heavy rain from late March and April along with above normal rainfall in May brought periodic flooding on the Turtle Creek throughout May.
Read the full account →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,…
Read the full account →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,…
Read the full account →James River flooding, which began in early April, remained across Brown county throughout September as much above normal rainfall occurred. The James River into Spink county at Ashton went below flood stage on the 3rd only to go back above flood stage on September 12th and then…
Read the full account →James River flooding, which began in early April, remained across Brown county throughout September as much above normal rainfall occurred. The James River into Spink county at Ashton went below flood stage on the 3rd only to go back above flood stage on September 12th and then…
Read the full account →An early warm up caused the ice to breakup on the White River resulting in several ice jams. The ice jams caused the river to flood in several locations from one mile west of U.S. Highway 83 to the Missouri River.
Read the full account →An early warm up caused the ice to breakup on the White River resulting in several ice jams. The ice jams caused the river to flood in several locations from one mile west of U.S. Highway 83 to the Missouri River.
Read the full account →Precipitable water was near record levels across the immediate region for this time, with a strong low-level jet interacting with near nearly stationary west to east boundary as several weak disturbances progressed northeast across the area.
Read the full account →Precipitable water was near record levels across the immediate region for this time, with a strong low-level jet interacting with near nearly stationary west to east boundary as several weak disturbances progressed northeast across the area.
Read the full account →Precipitable water was near record levels across the immediate region for this time, with a strong low-level jet interacting with near nearly stationary west to east boundary as several weak disturbances progressed northeast across the area.
Read the full account →The flooding on the James River at Columbia finally fell below flood stage at the end of August while the flooding continued at Stratford into September. The James River at Columbia had been above flood stage since April 2nd of 2019 for a total of 518 days or for 17 months.
Read the full account →Snowmelt flooding, beginning in late March, continued throughout April on the Big Sioux River near Castlewood. A mid-April heavy snow/blizzard event added to the snowmelt runoff and flooding. The river remained well above the flood stage of 9 feet throughout April.
Read the full account →As an outflow boundary sagged through southeast South Dakota, an isolated elevated thunderstorm developed late morning northwest of Sioux Falls. Wind shear was weak, and as the storm underwent a split, both storms produced marginally large hail.
Read the full account →Above normal rainfall in June along with heavy rain and snowmelt flooding from April and May kept the James River across Brown and Spink counties flooded throughout June.
Read the full account →Above normal rainfall in June along with heavy rain and snowmelt flooding from April and May kept the James River across Brown and Spink counties flooded throughout June.
Read the full account →Snowmelt and rainfall flooding from late March and April along with above normal May rainfall resulted in continued flooding on the Big Sioux River near Castlewood. The Big Sioux River did fall below flood stage for a short period of time from May 15th to the 18th.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary west to east frontal boundary was located across Nebraska and Iowa for several days. With an extremely moist atmosphere featuring near record precipitable water in place, several weak disturbances resulted in prolific rainfall from 3 to as much as 10 inches.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary west to east frontal boundary was located across Nebraska and Iowa for several days. With an extremely moist atmosphere featuring near record precipitable water in place, several weak disturbances resulted in prolific rainfall from 3 to as much as 10 inches.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary west to east frontal boundary was located across Nebraska and Iowa for several days. With an extremely moist atmosphere featuring near record precipitable water in place, several weak disturbances resulted in prolific rainfall from 3 to as much as 10 inches.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary west to east frontal boundary was located across Nebraska and Iowa for several days. With an extremely moist atmosphere featuring near record precipitable water in place, several weak disturbances resulted in prolific rainfall from 3 to as much as 10 inches.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary west to east frontal boundary was located across Nebraska and Iowa for several days. With an extremely moist atmosphere featuring near record precipitable water in place, several weak disturbances resulted in prolific rainfall from 3 to as much as 10 inches.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary west to east frontal boundary was located across Nebraska and Iowa for several days. With an extremely moist atmosphere featuring near record precipitable water in place, several weak disturbances resulted in prolific rainfall from 3 to as much as 10 inches.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary west to east frontal boundary was located across Nebraska and Iowa for several days. With an extremely moist atmosphere featuring near record precipitable water in place, several weak disturbances resulted in prolific rainfall from 3 to as much as 10 inches.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary west to east frontal boundary was located across Nebraska and Iowa for several days. With an extremely moist atmosphere featuring near record precipitable water in place, several weak disturbances resulted in prolific rainfall from 3 to as much as 10 inches.
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