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Flash Flood — Blue Earth, MN

Jun 21, 2024

Catastrophic flooding occurred across parts of Minnesota in mid to late June 2024 as a stationary boundary stalled out across the Upper Midwest.||On June 19-21, several rounds of thunderstorms developed and tracked along this boundary, producing widespread 4 to 6 inches of rain across southern Minnesota, with some locations picking up 8 to 10 inches of rain near Mankato Minnesota.||There were dozens, if not hundreds of washouts along the roads in the counties that received heavy rain. In Watonwa

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1198917). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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