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Flash Flood — Clearwater, MN

Jun 24, 2023

Surface low pressure system tracked across the North Dakota/South Dakota border creating an environment supporting the threat for low top supercells in Southeastern North Dakota into adjacent West Central Minnesota. Several low-top supercells developed and tracked along portions of the Minnesota Red River Valley. Portions of Norman, Polk, Becker, and Mahnomen counties saw multiple tornadoes. Large hail and damaging winds accompanied some of these storms, and flash flooding in some locations as w

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1117675). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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