Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall through This Weekend

A multi-day thunderstorm and heavy rain event will impact the south-central U.S. this Memorial Day weekend. Severe thunderstorms may produce large hail, severe gusts, and a possible tornado or two across portions of the central and southern Plains through Monday. The threat for heavy to excessive rainfall and possible flash flooding will return to the south-central U.S., especially in the Ozarks. Read More >

The National Weather Service completed a service assessment for flooding along the Missouri and Souris Rivers that occurred from May through August 2011. The final report of this assessment may be read at:

http://www.weather.gov/media/publications/assessments/Missouri_floods11.pdf

Service assessments are internal reviews of the National Weather Service’s performance during certain Hydrometeorological, oceanographic, and geological events. They identify best practices and areas for product and service improvements in the form of findings and recommendations.

Additional information regarding this and other floods across South Dakota from 1881 to 2019 can be found here, courtesy of the U.S. Corps of Engineers (alternatively here, via the South Dakota State Historical Society).

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Areas of Severe Thunderstorms and Excessive Rainfall through This Weekend

NWS Completes Internal Assessment for 2011 Missouri River Flooding