Flood, Brown
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 45.590, -98.352 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flooding in South Dakota, May 1 to 31, 1999
The James River continued to flood throughout May. 7 feet on May 17th.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- 2
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.
The James River continued to flood throughout May. One mile south of Columbia where flood stage is 13 feet, the James rose to 17.7 feet on May 17th. Eight miles southwest of Stratford where flood stage is 14 feet, the James rose from a little over 16 feet at the beginning of May to over 17 feet by the end of May. At Ashton where flood stage is 13 feet, the James went above flood stage on the 9th and rose to 16.5 feet on the 18th. The flooding on the James consumed many more acres of agricultural land and a few roads.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Spink
- When
- May 1, 12:00 AM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Spink forecast zone
- Reported by
- OTHER FEDERAL AGENCY
- Coordinates
- 44.938, -98.346 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in New Mexico, May 1, 1999
- Flooding in Colorado, May 1 to 5, 1999
- Drought in Georgia, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Flooding in Colorado, May 1 to 3, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Texas, May 1, 1999
- Drought in Virginia, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in New Jersey, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in West Virginia, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Drought in Maryland, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Texas, May 1 to 2, 1999
- Drought in Pennsylvania, May 1 to 31, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flood in Texas, May 1, 1999
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, May 1999
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: 5699963, 5699964.