S.D. School of Mines: Learning the Lessons of Yellowstone Flooding - University Researchers Scramble and Capture Data
June 07, 2023
June 07, 2023
RAPID CITY, South Dakota, June 7 (TNSres) -- The South Dakota School of Mines and Technology issued the following news release on June 6, 2023:
On the night of June 12, 2022, a storm system began dumping rain on the Beartooth Range of northern Wyoming and southern Montana. Over the next 24 hours, about four inches fell on the still snow-covered peaks of the northern Rockies. The rain-on-snow effect drove a rapid loss of mountain snowpack. Because of this, streams and rivers quickly . . .
On the night of June 12, 2022, a storm system began dumping rain on the Beartooth Range of northern Wyoming and southern Montana. Over the next 24 hours, about four inches fell on the still snow-covered peaks of the northern Rockies. The rain-on-snow effect drove a rapid loss of mountain snowpack. Because of this, streams and rivers quickly . . .