Sep 4, 2014
By the early morning hours of the 4th, an area of surface low pressure had moved into northeast South Dakota, with a warm front extending out to the east. Surface dew point values north of the front ranged in the lower 60s while south of the front they topped out around 70. At 850 millibars, the low level jet pushed juicy air up into southeast North Dakota and west central Minnesota, with drier air to the north. Finally, forty-five to fifty knot westerly winds at 500 millibars provided ample she
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 533394). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Otter Tail County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.