Flash Flood — Lake, South Dakota

2024-06-21 · near Orland, Lake, South Dakota

Event narrative

After 2 to 3 inches of rainfall in the hour leading up to the time, water flowed over the road at the intersection of 447th Avenue and 241st Street. For a more comprehensive description of flood damage, please see other entries for areal and river flooding for Lake County.

Wider weather episode

Southeast South Dakota was on the initial development end of a second mesoscale convective system in just two days as a frontal boundary remained anchored just south of the area. Scattered storms produced some spotty wind gusts as well as locally flooding rainfall.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1198125. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.