Flood, Hughes
- When
- March 20, 11:00 PM CST to March 23, 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Hughes County, 2.09 mi WNW of Blunt to 2.41 mi NNE of Blunt
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- Newspaper
- Coordinates
- 44.530, -100.020
Flood in South Dakota, March 20 to 23, 2010
Snowmelt flooding along with ice jamming on Medicine creek intruded on the town of Blunt. The creek overflowed and flooded parts of the east side of Blunt.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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- Fire, smoke and dust
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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 ABR wrote it up.
Snowmelt flooding along with ice jamming on Medicine creek intruded on the town of Blunt. The creek overflowed and flooded parts of the east side of Blunt. One home was sandbagged with a mile and a half of road submerged by the two branches of the creek.
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
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- Winter Storm in Oklahoma, March 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Storm in Missouri, March 20 to 21, 2010
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 20 to 22, 2010
- Winter Storm in Arkansas, March 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Weather in Texas, March 20, 2010
- Heavy Snow and Winter Weather in Arkansas, March 20 to 21, 2010
- Winter Storm in Kansas, March 20 to 21, 2010
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds in Gulf of Mexico, March 20, 2010
- Winter Weather in Missouri, March 20, 2010
More
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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 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 222410.