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Flash Flood — Wright, MN

Jun 23, 2013

Isolated severe storms near Redwood Falls and Albert Lea moved northeast across east central and southeast Minnesota during the early morning hours of Sunday, June 23rd. After 2 am, a line of severe storms developed across southwest Minnesota and raced eastward rapidly and produced occasional large hail and damaging wind gusts across southern Minnesota. Due to several rounds of thunderstorms moving across the region, plus heavy rainfall during the previous two days, flash flooding developed in

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 459612). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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