Jun 22, 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 1198958). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Steele County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.