Flood, Brown
- When
- April 3, 1:00 PM CST to April 11, 3:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 2.29 mi SSW of Aberdeen to 2.84 mi NNE of Aberdeen
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 45.440, -98.500
Flood in South Dakota, April 3 to 11, 2019
Snowmelt runoff brought the Moccasin Creek at Aberdeen above the flood stage of 6 feet on April 3rd. 2 feet on April 6th and then back to below flood stage on April 11th.
Where it happened
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- 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.
Snowmelt runoff brought the Moccasin Creek at Aberdeen above the flood stage of 6 feet on April 3rd. The creek rose to 7.2 feet on April 6th and then back to below flood stage on April 11th. Some roads were flooded along the creek with a housing development threatened on the north side of Aberdeen.
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
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 3 to 4, 2019
- Strong Wind in New York, April 3, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, April 3 to 4, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 3, 2019
- High Wind in Texas, April 3, 2019
- Strong Wind in Vermont, April 3, 2019
- Heavy Snow in Maine, April 3, 2019
- Strong Wind in Massachusetts, April 3, 2019
- Strong Wind in Connecticut, April 3, 2019
- Hail in Texas, April 3, 2019
- Flood in Indiana, April 3 to 10, 2019
- Flood in Illinois, April 3 to 10, 2019
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, April 2019
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: 819401.