Flood in South Dakota, June 5 to 7, 2008

Name: Flood in South Dakota, June 5 to 7, 2008
Start: 2008-06-05T18:45
End: 2008-06-07T18:00
Location: South Dakota

June 5 to 7, 2008 · NWS FSD · 1 event in 1 county or zone

Flash flooding which developed quickly from heavy rain in western Hutchinson County on June 5th, especially in Parkston, continued as general flooding into June 7th.

Where it happened

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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 FSD wrote it up.

Flash flooding which developed quickly from heavy rain in western Hutchinson County on June 5th, especially in Parkston, continued as general flooding into June 7th.

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 Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 5, 2:25 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 5, 2:25 PM CST, 4 hours 20 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
325 PM CDT THU JUN 5 2008

.DISCUSSION...
INTERESTING SET UP TODAY WITH 987 MB SURFACE LOW JUST TO THE EAST OF
HILL CITY KANSAS. STRONGLY SHEARED ENVIRONMENT WITH STRONG UPPER
LEVEL WAVE MOVING OUT OF THE FOUR CORNERS REGIONS INTO THE WESTERN
PLAINS LATE THIS AFTERNOON. 12Z KTOP SOUNDING SHOWS STRONG CAP WITH
+15 C AIR AT 700 MB.  FURTHER TO THE NORTH AT KOAX...ATMOSPHERE
APPEARS TO BE MUCH MORE WORKED OVER WITH THE WARM AIR ALOFT NOT
NEARLY AS PROMINENT. STRONG SPEED AND DIRECTIONAL SHEAR NOTED ON
BOTH SOUNDINGS. SEVERAL SURFACE BOUNDARIES ACROSS NEBRASKA
BEGINNING TO WORK OFF TO THE NORTH.  MAIN WARM FRONT IS SITUATED
JUST TO THE NORTH OF THE KANSAS/NEBRASKA BORDER...WHILE  A SECONDARY
WARM FRONT IS SITUATED ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA. CONVECTION HAS
BEGUN TO DEVELOP ALONG THIS BOUNDARY OVER THE LAST HOUR...WHICH IS
NOT CAPTURED BY THE MODELS WELL AT ALL. EFFECTS FROM THIS CONVECTION
WILL LIKELY PLAY A ROLE IN HOW SEVERE WEATHER SCENARIO PLAYS OUT
TODAY.

HAVE GONE WITH THE IDEA THAT WARM FRONT WILL MAKE IT INTO SOUTHERN
PORTIONS OF FORECAST AREA...EXTENDING FROM KYKN-KSPW.  EXPECT THE
MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT TO BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF THIS
BOUNDARY...WITH STORMS REMAINING ELEVATED TO THE NORTH. EXPECT
GREATEST THREAT TO BE ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA WHERE SKIES HAVE
PARTIALLY CLEARED OUT ALLOWING ATMOSPHERE TO DESTABILIZE. AS LONG AS
ATMOSPHERE IS ABLE TO DESTABILIZE SUFFICIENTLY THAT STORMS WILL NOT
BE SHEARED APART...SHOULD SEE SURFACE BASED SUPERCELL STORMS
REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THAT CONGEAL
WITH TIME INTO A SQUALLINE. WITH STRONG WINDS ALOFT...COULD SEE
POTENTIAL FOR A SIGNIFICANT DAMAGING WIND EVENT ESPECIALLY ACROSS
NORTHWEST IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AS ELEVATED DRY PUNCH MOVES INTO
CENTRAL NEBRASKA. 0-6 KM WINDS INDICATE STORM MOTION WOULD BE AROUND
190 AT 48 KNOTS...WHILE RIGHT MOVING SUPERCELLS WOULD MOVE AROUND
200 AT 45 KNOTS.

WITH GROUND ALREADY SATURATED FROM RECENT RAINS AND 3/HR FLASH FLOOD
GUIDANCE VARYING FROM 0.6 TO 3.0 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE
AREA...ELECTED TO ISSUE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH FROM 18Z TO 06Z TONIGHT.

UPPER LEVEL LOW WRAPS UP AND MOVES NORTH ON FRIDAY AND A FEW SHOWERS
WILL BE LIKELY NORTH OF INTERSTATE 90 ION THE MORNING. SOUTHWEST
WINDS WILL INCREASE AND CLOUDS WILL DECREASE SOME THROUGHOUT THE
AFTERNOON...SO OTHER THAN BREEZY...IT SHOULD BE A MILD BUT SLIGHTLY
BELOW NORMAL DAY.

BY SATURDAY...STRONG JET STREAK OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS SHOULD SET
UP A DECENT RIGHT REAR QUAD AND HELP SUPPORT AN INCOMING MID LEVEL
FRONT. WILL CONTINUE MID TO HIGH RANGE POPS THROUGH THE PERIOD.

IN THE LATTER PERIODS(MON-THU)...AN ACTIVE PATTERN LOOKS TO CONTINUE
THROUGH NEXT WEEK AS A MEAN TROF REMAINS OVER THE WESTERN UNITED
STATES. RIGHT NOW...MONDAY NIGHT INTO TUESDAY MORNING LOOKS LIKE THE
BEST SHOT FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN AND SEVERE WEATHER CHANCES. SO
OVERALL...OFF AND ON CHANCE FOR PRECIPITATION AND TEMPERATURES
LIKELY BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE NORTH ALONG AND WEST OF THE JAMES
RIVER THIS MORNING. A SECOND ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP
ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA THIS AFTERNOON. SOME OF THESE STORMS
WILL LIKELY BE SEVERE THIS AFTERNOON PRODUCING HAIL AND ISOLATED
TORNADOES BEFORE EVOLVING INTO A DAMAGING WIND EVENT.

&&

.FSD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
SD...NONE.
MN...NONE.
IA...NONE.
NE...NONE.

&&

BT/08

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 5, 3:22 PM CST, 3 hours 23 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
422 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

SDZ038>040-050-052>071-MNZ071-072-080-081-089-090-097-098-
IAZ001>003-012>014-020>022-031-032-NEZ013-014-061200-
AURORA-BEADLE-BON HOMME-BROOKINGS-BRULE-BUENA VISTA IA-
CHARLES MIX-CHEROKEE IA-CLAY-CLAY IA-COTTONWOOD MN-DAKOTA NE-
DAVISON-DICKINSON IA-DIXON NE-DOUGLAS-GREGORY-HANSON-HUTCHINSON-
IDA IA-JACKSON MN-JERAULD-KINGSBURY-LAKE-LINCOLN-LINCOLN MN-
LYON IA-LYON MN-MCCOOK-MINER-MINNEHAHA-MOODY-MURRAY MN-NOBLES MN-
OBRIEN IA-OSCEOLA IA-PIPESTONE MN-PLYMOUTH IA-ROCK MN-SANBORN-
SIOUX IA-TURNER-UNION-WOODBURY IA-YANKTON-
422 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST IOWA...AND NORTHEAST NEBRASKA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS...
STORMS WILL REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL NEBRASKA
AND MOVE INTO SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. SOME OF
THESE STORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG
TORNADOES...ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A TYNDALL SOUTH DAKOTA TO SPENCER
IOWA LINE. THESE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY COMBINE INTO A SQUALL LINE
PRODUCING A SIGNIFICANT WIND EVENT ACROSS NORTHWEST IOWA. HAIL TO
THE SIZE OF BASEBALLS WILL ALSO BE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGEST
STORMS.

FLOODING...
THE LITTLE SIOUX RIVER FROM AROUND SPENCER TO LINN GROVE IS
EXPECTED TO CREST AT OR JUST SLIGHTLY ABOVE FLOOD STAGE BY LATE
THIS WEEK.

MINOR TO MODERATE FLOODING IS EXPECTED ALONG PORTIONS OF THE
VERMILLION RIVER THE NEXT FEW DAY. RAINS FROM THUNDERSTORMS ARE
EXPECTED OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS...WHICH COULD BE CAUSE FOR
CONTINUED OR ADDITIONAL FLOODING.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE VERY HEAVY RAINS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PRODUCING AN ADDITIONAL 2 TO 4 INCHES OF
RAINFALL FOR MANY LOCATIONS. THIS COULD CREATE SOME LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING ISSUES AS WELL AS INCREASE THE THREAT OF ADDITIONAL
FLOODING ON CREEKS...STREAMS AND RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE LIKELY THROUGH TONIGHT.

&&

FOR MORE INFORMATION PLEASE VISIT OUR WEBSITE AT
WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FSD. THIS INCLUDES THE GRAPHICAL HAZARDOUS
WEATHER OUTLOOK.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 5, 5:57 PM CST, 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
657 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     FLASH FLOOD      ETHAN                   43.55N 97.98W
06/05/2008                   DAVISON            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

            BASEMENT FLOODING

&&

LIEBL

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:02 PM CST, 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
702 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0635 PM     TSTM WND GST     SSW ETHAN               43.54N 97.98W
06/05/2008  E60 MPH          DAVISON            SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LIEBL

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:26 PM CST, 19 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
726 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0510 PM     TORNADO          1 W MARTY               42.99N 98.45W
06/05/2008                   CHARLES MIX        SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            TORNADO DAMAGE FROM AROUND 1 MILE WEST OF MARTY TO 1 MILE
            EAST OF RAVINIA. DAMAGE OCCURRED FROM APPROXIMATELY 500
            PM TO 520 PM CDT. ONE FARMSTEAD DESTROYED... OUTBUILDINGS
            DAMAGED...AND TREES DOWN.

&&

LIEBL

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:35 PM CST, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
735 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0722 PM     FLASH FLOOD      19 W HURON              44.36N 98.60W
06/05/2008                   BEADLE             SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            COUNTY ROAD 1 AT 212TH STREET UNDER WATER

&&

LIEBL

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:40 PM CST, 5 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
740 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0644 PM     FLASH FLOOD      4 E WAGNER              43.08N 98.22W
06/05/2008                   CHARLES MIX        SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            4 MILES EAST OF WAGNER...SD HIGHWAY 46...4 FEET OF WATER
            OVER THE ROAD

&&

LIEBL

Local storm report, Jun 5, 6:45 PM CST, 0 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
745 PM CDT THU JUN 05 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0710 PM     TSTM WND GST     4 NE CANOVA             43.92N 97.45W
06/05/2008  E60 MPH          MINER              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

LIEBL

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Hutchinson

When: June 5, 6:45 PM CST to June 7, 6:00 PM CST
Where: Hutchinson County, 5 mi W of Dimock to 5 mi WSW of New Elms Spgs Colony
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Newspaper
Coordinates: 43.470, -98.080

Flash flooding caused by heavy rain continued as general flooding, which slowly subsided during a two day period. Flooding of roads, homes, other buildings, and parkland slowly decreased. Flooding of farmland also slowly decreased, but water remained in some fields. Additional flooding along Pony Creek and other small streams decreased more rapidly.

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

Every storm in South Dakota in 2008 Every state in 2008 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 2008

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: 120222.