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Flood — Mountrail, ND

Jun 28, 2014

Very heavy rain continued over several days at the end of June. Three to five inches of rain fell from Minot through Sherwood, and from Crosby through Lignite to Stanley. The highest rain amount was seven inches from Renville County. Another high amount was 4.50 inches from Ward County. Damage was extensive. The state of North Dakota requested and was granted a Federal Disaster Declaration as a result of damages from this flooding.

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 531261). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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