Flood, Brown
- When
- April 20, 9:00 AM CST to April 30, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, Columbia
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- Other Federal Agency
- Coordinates
- 45.620, -98.320
Flood in South Dakota, April 20 to 30, 2007
The James River near Columbia rose above flood stage on April 20th resulting in minor flooding of agricultural land. 8 feet on April 23rd.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- 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 near Columbia rose above flood stage on April 20th resulting in minor flooding of agricultural land. The river rose above the flood stage of 13.0 feet to 13.8 feet on April 23rd. The flooding continued into May.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Nebraska, April 20 to 21, 2007
- Tornado and Hail in Nebraska, April 20, 2007
- Lakeshore Flood in Vermont, April 20 to 30, 2007
- Lakeshore Flood in New York, April 20 to 30, 2007
- Hail in South Dakota, April 20, 2007
- Flooding in New York, April 20 to 30, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 20, 2007
- Frost and Freeze in Colorado, April 20, 2007
- Hail in North Dakota, April 20, 2007
- Hail and Damaging Wind in North Dakota, April 20, 2007
- Damaging Winds in Minnesota, April 20, 2007
- Coastal Flood in New Hampshire, April 20, 2007
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2007Every state in 2007This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, April 2007
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: 28571.