Flood, Brown
- When
- March 28, 7:00 AM CST to March 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)
Flood in South Dakota, March 28 to 31, 2001
The James River at Columbia went above flood stage and rose to nearly 15 feet by the end of the month. As a result, flooding of agricultural land and a few secondary roads occurred.
Where it happened
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- 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
- 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.
The James River at Columbia went above flood stage and rose to nearly 15 feet by the end of the month. As a result, flooding of agricultural land and a few secondary roads occurred.
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.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5243762.