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Flash Flood — Kandiyohi, MN

Aug 10, 2016

Several waves of thunderstorms moved across central and southern Minnesota, and into west central Wisconsin between the late afternoon of Wednesday, August 10th, through Thursday morning, August 11th. A few of the storms produced large hail and severe wind gusts as several bow echoes formed. However, the main hazard became the extremely heavy rainfall with bouts of rainfall rates as high as 2 to 3 inches per hour. ||By Thursday morning, a large area of 3 to 6 inches of rain fell between Appleton

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 655660). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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