Flood, Brown
- When
- March 30, 1:30 AM CST to March 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in South Dakota, March 30 to 31, 1997
Backwater from flooding on the Elm River and snowmelt runoff forced the Mocassin Creek to flood a portion of the Prariewood housing subdivision north of Aberdeen and part of the golf course. Several homes were flooded and received significant damage.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 ABR wrote it up.
Backwater from flooding on the Elm River and snowmelt runoff forced the Mocassin Creek to flood a portion of the Prariewood housing subdivision north of Aberdeen and part of the golf course. Several homes were flooded and received significant damage. The Mocassin Creek rose nearly four feet through the city of Aberdeen flooding some low lying areas, a few buildings, and parts of a recreation trail. Sandbagging and diking was done to hold off the rising creek. The Mocassin Creek remained high into early April with continued flooding.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
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The same day elsewhere
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- High Wind in Idaho, March 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Arkansas, March 30, 1997
- Hail in Arkansas, March 30, 1997
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- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 30, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 30, 1997
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5591682.