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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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Sanborn, SD · Mar 1, 2020

With one to four inches of liquid residing in the snowpack near and north of Interstate 90 at the start of the month, a more or less ideal melting of the winter snowpack in early March combined with high base flows and wet antecedent conditions to produce minor to major flooding…

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Sanborn, SD · Mar 1, 2020

With one to four inches of liquid residing in the snowpack near and north of Interstate 90 at the start of the month, a more or less ideal melting of the winter snowpack in early March combined with high base flows and wet antecedent conditions to produce minor to major flooding…

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Hanson, SD · Mar 1, 2020

With one to four inches of liquid residing in the snowpack near and north of Interstate 90 at the start of the month, a more or less ideal melting of the winter snowpack in early March combined with high base flows and wet antecedent conditions to produce minor to major flooding…

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Hutchinson, SD · Mar 1, 2020

With one to four inches of liquid residing in the snowpack near and north of Interstate 90 at the start of the month, a more or less ideal melting of the winter snowpack in early March combined with high base flows and wet antecedent conditions to produce minor to major flooding…

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Davison, SD · Mar 1, 2020

With one to four inches of liquid residing in the snowpack near and north of Interstate 90 at the start of the month, a more or less ideal melting of the winter snowpack in early March combined with high base flows and wet antecedent conditions to produce minor to major flooding…

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Jones, SD · Jun 21, 2018

Three to five inches of rain fell over the Badlands and southwest South Dakota from June 17th through the 20th. Runoff caused minor flooding along the White River from Kadoka to the confluence of the Missouri River.

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Lyman, SD · Jun 21, 2018

Three to five inches of rain fell over the Badlands and southwest South Dakota from June 17th through the 20th. Runoff caused minor flooding along the White River from Kadoka to the confluence of the Missouri River.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, SD · Jul 12, 2018

Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary very late in the afternoon near the Nebraska border. These storms were slow moving with weak flow aloft and anchored on this nearly stationary boundary through the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Douglas, SD · Jul 12, 2018

Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary very late in the afternoon near the Nebraska border. These storms were slow moving with weak flow aloft and anchored on this nearly stationary boundary through the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Hutchinson, SD · Jul 12, 2018

Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary very late in the afternoon near the Nebraska border. These storms were slow moving with weak flow aloft and anchored on this nearly stationary boundary through the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Gregory, SD · Jul 12, 2018

Thunderstorms developed along an outflow boundary very late in the afternoon near the Nebraska border. These storms were slow moving with weak flow aloft and anchored on this nearly stationary boundary through the evening hours.

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Flash Flood

Lincoln, SD · Aug 19, 2018

Thunderstorms formed along the fringes of an area of upper-level low pressure drifting across southern Nebraska during the afternoon. Nearly saturated lapse rates through a deep layer promoted heavy rainfall from storms, which drifted northwest across the Sioux Falls metro area…

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Minnehaha, SD · Aug 19, 2018

Thunderstorms formed along the fringes of an area of upper-level low pressure drifting across southern Nebraska during the afternoon. Nearly saturated lapse rates through a deep layer promoted heavy rainfall from storms, which drifted northwest across the Sioux Falls metro area…

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Flash Flood

Lincoln, SD · Aug 19, 2018

Thunderstorms formed along the fringes of an area of upper-level low pressure drifting across southern Nebraska during the afternoon. Nearly saturated lapse rates through a deep layer promoted heavy rainfall from storms, which drifted northwest across the Sioux Falls metro area…

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Flash Flood

Minnehaha, SD · Aug 19, 2018

Thunderstorms formed along the fringes of an area of upper-level low pressure drifting across southern Nebraska during the afternoon. Nearly saturated lapse rates through a deep layer promoted heavy rainfall from storms, which drifted northwest across the Sioux Falls metro area…

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Flash Flood

Minnehaha, SD · Aug 19, 2018

Thunderstorms formed along the fringes of an area of upper-level low pressure drifting across southern Nebraska during the afternoon. Nearly saturated lapse rates through a deep layer promoted heavy rainfall from storms, which drifted northwest across the Sioux Falls metro area…

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Flash Flood

Minnehaha, SD · Aug 19, 2018

Thunderstorms formed along the fringes of an area of upper-level low pressure drifting across southern Nebraska during the afternoon. Nearly saturated lapse rates through a deep layer promoted heavy rainfall from storms, which drifted northwest across the Sioux Falls metro area…

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Oglala Lakota, SD · May 28, 2019

Several days of heavy rain, along with major to record flooding the previous week, led to more flooding across portions of the western South Dakota plains and foothills of the Black Hills.

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Mellette, SD · May 27, 2019

Several days of heavy rain, along with major to record flooding the previous week, led to more flooding across portions of the western South Dakota plains and foothills of the Black Hills.

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Tripp, SD · May 27, 2019

Several days of heavy rain, along with major to record flooding the previous week, led to more flooding across portions of the western South Dakota plains and foothills of the Black Hills.

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Ziebach, SD · May 29, 2019

Several days of heavy rain, along with major to record flooding the previous week, led to more flooding across portions of the western South Dakota plains and foothills of the Black Hills.

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Haakon, SD · May 29, 2019

Several days of heavy rain, along with major to record flooding the previous week, led to more flooding across portions of the western South Dakota plains and foothills of the Black Hills.

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Pennington, SD · May 31, 2019

Several days of heavy rain, along with major to record flooding the previous week, led to more flooding across portions of the western South Dakota plains and foothills of the Black Hills.

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Meade, SD · May 31, 2019

Several days of heavy rain, along with major to record flooding the previous week, led to more flooding across portions of the western South Dakota plains and foothills of the Black Hills.

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