Flood in Lincoln County, South Dakota

Flood June 16, 2014 – June 18, 2014 · Lincoln County, South Dakota

$1.5M

Damage as recorded

$500K

Crop damage

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Persistent moderate to heavy rain caused flooding of fields and other lowlands, including several roads, homes, and businesses. This flooding lasted for almost two days, and was aggravated locally by additional storms during that time. Many roads throughout the county were damaged or washed out.

The wider storm

Thunderstorms produced numerous events of large hail, damaging winds, flash flooding, and areal flooding across most of southeast South Dakota from late morning through the evening of June 16th. The areal flooding was a longer term event and persisted through much of June 18th.

Began near Tea (43.5000, -96.9200).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 520488. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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