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Flood — Goodhue, MN

Sep 22, 2016

On the evening of September 20th, a warm front was stretched west to east across southern Minnesota originating from a developing low pressure system across the South Dakota and Nebraska border. The weather pattern, and associated boundaries were nearly stationary through early Thursday morning, September 22nd. The atmosphere was very moist, which was evident in the soundings as near record high Precipitable Water (PWAT) values were noted. ||Although the most significant part of this weather ev

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 659623). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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