Aug 12, 2016
During the afternoon of Friday, August 12th, a slow moving storm system developed a small area of very heavy rainfall in southern Minnesota. Local radar had a rotating storm slowly wrapping around very heavy rainfall between Waseca, Waterville, and Lonsdale. Local communities reported road closures, with some homes and businesses having basement flooding. Hourly rainfall rates were as high as 2-3 inches per hour in a tropical type airmass. The heaviest rainfall occurred between 230 PM and 400 PM
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 655685). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Rice County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.