Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 1, 2014

Name: Flash Flooding and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, June 1, 2014
Start: 2014-06-01T07:30
End: 2014-06-01T23:35
Location: South Dakota

June 1, 2014 · NWS ABR · 3 events in 2 counties and zones

A couple thunderstorms brought heavy rain and flash flooding along with some severe winds to parts of northeast South Dakota.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: None recorded
Crop damage: None recorded
Events: 3

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.

A couple thunderstorms brought heavy rain and flash flooding along with some severe winds to parts of northeast South Dakota.

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 Jun 1, 5:31 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 5:31 AM CST, 1 hour 59 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 1, 4:19 AM CST, 3 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
519 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014

MNZ039-046-SDZ003>011-015>023-033>037-045-048-051-021030-
TRAVERSE-BIG STONE-CORSON-CAMPBELL-MCPHERSON-BROWN-MARSHALL-
ROBERTS-WALWORTH-EDMUNDS-DAY-DEWEY-POTTER-FAULK-SPINK-CLARK-
CODINGTON-GRANT-HAMLIN-DEUEL-STANLEY-SULLY-HUGHES-HYDE-HAND-JONES-
LYMAN-BUFFALO-
519 AM CDT SUN JUN 1 2014 /419 AM MDT SUN JUN 1 2014/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA...NORTH CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION
TODAY...WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLASH FLOODING.
ALSO...SEVERE STORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE
POSSIBLE. THE BEST POTENTIAL FOR THIS IS MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF
HIGHWAY 212.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEK WITH
SEVERAL CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING...MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 212. SPOTTERS AND
EMERGENCY MANAGERS ARE ALSO ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING
CONDITIONS AS WELL.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 1, 1:48 AM CST, 5 hours 42 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 1, 2:42 AM CST, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 121 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 13:30 UTC.

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Event by event

2 flash flood, 1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Deuel

When: June 1, 7:30 AM CST
Where: Deuel County, Brandt
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.670, -96.620

Sixty mph winds brought several small branches down in Brandt.

Flash Flood, Deuel

When: June 1, 6:14 PM CST to 9:14 PM CST
Where: Deuel County, 1.38 mi N of Johnsonville to 1.11 mi N of Johnsonville
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.570, -96.780

Very heavy rains of 3 to 4 inches resulted in a large amount of standing water in several open fields.

Flash Flood, Hamlin

When: June 1, 8:35 PM CST to 11:35 PM CST
Where: Hamlin County, 0.85 mi NW of Hazel to 0.5 mi N of Hazel
Cause: Heavy Rain
Reported by: Emergency Manager
Coordinates: 44.760, -97.380

Very heavy rains of 3 to 4 inches had resulted in full ditches, culverts running full, along with several roads and a county highway being overtopped.

What these are

Thunderstorm Wind: Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
Flash Flood: Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

Every storm in South Dakota in 2014 Every state in 2014 This day in weather history Warnings in South Dakota, June 2014

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: 526436, 526434, 526435.