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Flash Flood — Hennepin, MN

Jun 1, 2014

Several rounds of strong thunderstorms moved across southern Minnesota, producing torrential rainfall with rates as high as 3 inches per hour. Precipitable water values were 1.6 to 1.7 inches of liquid water, which is equivalent to 150 to 175% above normal for the Upper Midwest for early June. ||Rainfall totals earlier Saturday afternoon were around 2 to 4 inches across the western Suburbs from previous thunderstorms. After 3 am Sunday, June 1st, the third round of strong thunderstorms moved acr

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 510209). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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