Jul 4, 2010
During the late afternoon of July 3rd, high temperatures across west central Minnesota peaked in the upper 80s with dew points in the low 70s. With nightfall, thunderstorms broke out and moved into west central Minnesota. Several rounds of slow moving thunderstorms with very heavy rain hit the Detroit Lakes to Park Rapids corridor particularly hard. The highest rain total actually occurred at Osage, where 5.65 inches of rain was reported. A station four miles northwest of Park Rapids measured 4.
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 229747). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Otter Tail County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.