Jun 19, 2014
Several rounds of thunderstorms developed across western and southern Minnesota during the late evening and early morning hours of Thursday, June 19th, and moved eastward through the mid morning hours. Although some of the thunderstorms did produced wind damage near Wintrop, most of the damage was associated with extreme rainfall rates, where flash flooding caused mud slides, road closures, and inundated communities. ||As the thunderstorms developed near Granite Falls prior to midnight, and west
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 517268). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Le Sueur County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.