999 first-hand accounts of flood events in South Dakota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Snowmelt water brought flooding on Oak Creek near Wakpala for a short three day time period in early March. The creek rose above the flood stage of 10 feet on March 7th, rising to moderate stage of 14.6 feet on March 9th.
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →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 produced minor flooding along much of the upper and middle portions of the Big Sioux River…
Read the full account →A severe thunderstorm developed over the central Black Hills and tracked eastward through the Rapid City area before weakening over the plains. The storm initially contained large hail over the Black Hills, then also produced strong winds as it moved through the Rapid City area.
Read the full account →A severe thunderstorm developed over the central Black Hills and tracked eastward through the Rapid City area before weakening over the plains. The storm initially contained large hail over the Black Hills, then also produced strong winds as it moved through the Rapid City area.
Read the full account →A severe thunderstorm developed over the central Black Hills and tracked eastward through the Rapid City area before weakening over the plains. The storm initially contained large hail over the Black Hills, then also produced strong winds as it moved through the Rapid City area.
Read the full account →A severe thunderstorm developed over the central Black Hills and tracked eastward through the Rapid City area before weakening over the plains. The storm initially contained large hail over the Black Hills, then also produced strong winds as it moved through the Rapid City area.
Read the full account →Starting June 20, the area was impacted adversely by several very slow moving mid-level waves which drifted across the northern and central Plains and interacted with a nearly stationary region of baroclinicity during the following week.
Read the full account →Starting June 20, the area was impacted adversely by several very slow moving mid-level waves which drifted across the northern and central Plains and interacted with a nearly stationary region of baroclinicity during the following week.
Read the full account →Starting June 20, the area was impacted adversely by several very slow moving mid-level waves which drifted across the northern and central Plains and interacted with a nearly stationary region of baroclinicity during the following week.
Read the full account →High releases continued from upstream dams along the Missouri River and kept the stretch between Fort Randall Dam and Gavins Point Dam in minor flood stage for most of the month.
Read the full account →High releases continued from upstream dams along the Missouri River and kept the stretch between Fort Randall Dam and Gavins Point Dam in minor flood stage for most of the month.
Read the full account →High releases continued from upstream dams along the Missouri River and kept the stretch between Fort Randall Dam and Gavins Point Dam in minor flood stage for most of the month.
Read the full account →High releases continued from upstream dams along the Missouri River and kept the stretch between Fort Randall Dam and Gavins Point Dam in minor flood stage for most of the month.
Read the full account →High releases continued from upstream dams along the Missouri River and kept the stretch between Fort Randall Dam and Gavins Point Dam in minor flood stage for most of the month.
Read the full account →A mesoscale convective complex moved out of central South Dakota and across northeast South Dakota late night, spurred by a strong low-level jet and elevated instability up to 3000 J/kg.
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