Flood, Brown
- When
- March 30, 2:30 PM CST to March 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Brown County, 9.61 mi W of Winship to 6.75 mi W of Winship
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 45.920, -98.720
Flood in South Dakota, March 30 to 31, 2019
Snow melt water brought flooding on the Elm River near Frederick and on the Foot Creek near Aberdeen at the very end of March. 7 feet above the flood stage of 13 feet.
Where it happened
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- Heat and drought
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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.
Snow melt water brought flooding on the Elm River near Frederick and on the Foot Creek near Aberdeen at the very end of March. Foot creek rose to nearly a half foot above the flood stage of 9 foot while the Elm River rose to 2.7 feet above the flood stage of 13 feet. Mainly agricultural land was flooded. This flooding continued into April.
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
- Rip Current in Florida, March 30 to 31, 2019
- Damaging Winds in Kentucky, March 30, 2019
- Damaging Winds in Tennessee, March 30, 2019
- Strong Wind in Kentucky, March 30, 2019
- Damaging Wind in Kentucky, March 30, 2019
- Strong Wind in Illinois, March 30, 2019
- High Surf in Hawaii, March 30 to 31, 2019
- Strong Wind in Missouri, March 30, 2019
- Strong Wind in Indiana, March 30, 2019
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Oklahoma, March 30, 2019
- Flooding in Kentucky, March 30, 2019
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, March 30, 2019
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2019Every state in 2019This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 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: 814035.