South Dakota, 2001

Flooding in South Dakota, May 1 to 31, 2001

May 1 to 31, 2001 · NWS ABR · 2 events in 2 counties and zones

Flooding continued on the James River throughout the month of May from Columbia south to Ashton. Although, the river stage did decrease throughout the month.

Where it happened

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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.

Flooding continued on the James River throughout the month of May from Columbia south to Ashton. Although, the river stage did decrease throughout the month. Mainly agricultural land and a few secondary roads continued to be flooded.

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 Apr 30, 7:35 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 7:35 PM CST, 4 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
835 PM CDT MON APR 30 2001

LINE OF APPROACHING SHRA WASHED OUT WITH END OF DIURNAL
HEATING...AND UPDATED ZONES EARLIER TO ACCOUNT FOR THIS. MID/HIGH
CLOUDS STILL STREAMING IN FROM THE WEST IN ADVANCE OF NEXT COLD
FRONT POISED TO PUSH THROUGH BEGINNING OUT WEST AROUND 12Z. WITH THE
EXCEPTION OF TAKING OUT POPS AND NEATENING UP THE WINDS...REMAINDER
OF FCST LEFT ALONE ATTM. UPDATED ZONES ALREADY SENT.

.ABR...NONE.
HINTZ

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

2 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

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)

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

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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 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5247047, 5247048.