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Flood — Renville, MN

Jun 18, 2014

Several rounds of thunderstorms began during the week of June 14th, and continued through most of the week with areas of flash flooding. The flash flooding evolved into areal flooding, and then main-stem river flooding which continued through the end of the month. The hardest hit areas were from New Ulm to Mankato, northeast through the length of the Minnesota River, and the Twin Cities Metro area which had major problems associated with Lake Minnetonka that drains eastward across the cities (Mi

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 525054). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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