Flood, Spink
- When
- March 13, 7:05 AM CST to March 20, 7:00 AM CST
- Where
- Spink County, 6.85 mi W of Mansfield to 5.19 mi W of Mansfield
- Cause
- Heavy Rain / Snow Melt
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 45.240, -98.710
Flood in South Dakota, March 13 to 20, 2020
7 feet on March 16th. Snake Creek then fell below flood stage on March 20th.
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 water runoff caused the Snake Creek near Ashton to rise above the flood stage of 11.5 feet on March 13th, rising to 12.7 feet on March 16th. Snake Creek then fell below flood stage on March 20th.
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
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Texas, March 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow and High Wind in Idaho, March 13 to 14, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Montana, March 13 to 14, 2020
- Damaging Wind in Texas, March 13, 2020
- Flash Flooding and Heavy Rain in Arizona, March 13, 2020
- Heavy Snow and Hail in California, March 13 to 17, 2020
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, March 13, 2020
- Winter Weather in Nebraska, March 13 to 14, 2020
- Winter Storm and Winter Weather in South Dakota, March 13 to 14, 2020
- Tornado in New Mexico, March 13, 2020
- Flooding in Missouri, March 13 to 15, 2020
- High Wind and Strong Wind in Massachusetts, March 13, 2020
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2020Every state in 2020This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, March 2020
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: 882843.