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Flash Flood — Martin, MN

Jul 7, 2010

An early morning outflow boundary that was associated with thunderstorms that moved across western, and into eastern Minnesota, stalled across south central and east central Minnesota around noon. This boundary aided in the initiation of thunderstorms across south central Minnesota during the early afternoon hours of July 7th. Due to weak winds aloft and high moisture content of the atmosphere, the storms moved very slowly to the northeast, with some training in portions of south central and ea

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 248482). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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