Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 13, 2001

Name: Flash Flooding in South Dakota, June 13, 2001
Start: 2001-06-13T04:00
End: 2001-06-13T08:00
Location: South Dakota

June 13, 2001 · NWS ABR · 3 events in 3 counties and zones

Very heavy rains of 3 to 7 inches fell across far southern Clark, parts of Hamlin, and southern Deuel counties causing flash flooding. Many creeks and streams flooded and damaged some roads.

Where it happened

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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 ABR wrote it up.

Very heavy rains of 3 to 7 inches fell across far southern Clark, parts of Hamlin, and southern Deuel counties causing flash flooding. Many creeks and streams flooded and damaged some roads.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 13, 1:10 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 1:10 AM CST, 2 hours 50 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
210 AM CDT WED JUN 13 2001

MAIN CONCERNS ARE CONVECTION THIS MORNING AND PCPN CHANCES THROUGH
REMAINDER OF THE SHORT TERM. MAIN LINE OF STRONG/SEVERE CONVECTION
NOW ALONG AND JUST SOUTH OF SOUTHERN EDGE OF CWA...MOVG E-NE JUST
ALONG NORTH SIDE OF SFC WARM FRONT. MAIN AREA OF CONVECTION SHOULD
SLIDE NE ACROSS SE CWA THIS AM AND THEN INTO MINNESOTA. FOR NOW IT
APPEAS THAT MUCH OF THE DAY AFTER MID MORNING MAY BE DRY. UPPER TROF
CONTINUES TO PUSH EAST THROUGH DAY AND COLD FRONT EDGES TOWARD
EASTERN BORDER.  HOWEVER BEST ACTION TNT IS EXPECTED TO WAIT FOR
STRONG S/W ROTATING OUT OF THE BASE OF THE UPPER TROF OVERNIGHT.
STRONG SFC LOW IS INDUCED OVER SOUTHERN PLAINS AND THEN HEADS
NORTHEAST TOWARD WEST MN. APPEARS THAT MOST WIDESPREAD STRONG/SEVERE
ACTION TNT WILL BE OVER AREAS SOUTHEAST OF MY CWA. THEN FOR THU/THU
EVE...UPPER TROF LIFTS OUT WITH NICE BAND OF PCPN DEVELOPING OVER
MUCH OF THE REGION. A MIX OF TEMPS FROM MAV/FWC WORKED OKAY.

.ABR...NONE.
TDK

The radar

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Event by event

3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flash Flood, Clark

When: June 13, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Clark County, South Portion
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.858, -97.729 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Hamlin

When: June 13, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Hamlin County, Countywide
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.674, -97.188 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

Flash Flood, Deuel

When: June 13, 4:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
Where: Deuel County, South Portion
Reported by: NEWSPAPER
Coordinates: 44.760, -96.668 (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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2001 Every state in 2001 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 2001

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: 5261566, 5261567, 5261568.