Flood, Spink
- When
- May 20, 8:41 PM CST to May 31, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Spink County, 0.97 mi W of Brentford to 3.69 mi E of Mellette
- Cause
- Heavy Rain
- Reported by
- River/Stream Gage
- Coordinates
- 45.150, -98.350
Flood in South Dakota, May 20 to 31, 2022
56 feet. At this level, impacts are primarily limited to flooded agricultural lands.
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.
Excessive rain in the James basin resulted in the river at Ashton entering flood stage on May 20th, and at the end of the month the peak stage was 16.56 feet. At this level, impacts are primarily limited to flooded agricultural lands.
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 Hail in Michigan, May 20, 2022
- Flash Flooding and Flooding in Ohio, May 20, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 20, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Maryland, May 20, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Georgia, May 20 to 24, 2022
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Pennsylvania, May 20, 2022
- Tornado and Hail in New Jersey, May 20, 2022
- Damaging Winds in Indiana, May 20, 2022
- Heavy Snow in Colorado, May 20 to 22, 2022
- Flooding and Hail in Missouri, May 20 to 21, 2022
- Marine Thunderstorm Winds and Waterspout in South Atlantic Coastal Waters, May 20, 2022
- Flash Flood and Flooding in Florida, May 20, 2022
More
Every storm in South Dakota in 2022Every state in 2022This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, May 2022
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: 1018597.