Flash Flood, Bennett
- When
- June 2, 9:22 PM MST to June 3, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- Bennett County, 12 mi W of Martin
- Coordinates
- 43.195, -101.664 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 2 to 3, 1997
Heavy rain fell over south central South Dakota during the late evening hours causing already swollen rivers and streams to come out of their banks. S.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS UNR wrote it up.
Heavy rain fell over south central South Dakota during the late evening hours causing already swollen rivers and streams to come out of their banks. Minor flooding was reported on U.S. Highway 18 in Bennett and Shannon counties, and over county road 2 and Highway 44 in Jackson county.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Oglala Lakota
- When
- June 2, 9:22 PM MST to June 3, 4:00 AM MST
- Where
- Oglala Lakota County, 5 mi W of Oglala
- Coordinates
- 43.336, -102.552 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Jackson
- When
- June 2, 9:22 PM MST to June 3, 12:30 AM MST
- Where
- Jackson County, 15 mi NW of Longvalley
- Coordinates
- 43.694, -101.628 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
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The same day elsewhere
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Nebraska, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood and Flood in South Dakota, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Flash Flood in Pennsylvania, June 2, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 3, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, June 2, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Ohio, June 2, 1997
- Flood and Hail in Colorado, June 2 to 6, 1997
- Flood in Ohio, June 2 to 4, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strike in North Carolina, June 2, 1997
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5604182, 5604183, 5604184.