Flood in Butte County, South Dakota

Flood June 5, 2008 – June 8, 2008 · Butte County, South Dakota

$2.0M

Damage as recorded

$1K

Crop damage

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Levels along the Belle Fourche River were among the highest levels ever recorded. Redwater Creek, Willow Creek, Hay Creek, Indian Creek, and their tributaries flooded. Several stock dams failed and the embankment next to the spillway at Newell Lake nearly eroded.

The wider storm

Two and a half to three and a half inches of rain on saturated soils damaged homes and destroyed culverts and roads.

Began near Castle Rock (45.2100, -104.0500).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 122359. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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