Jun 17, 2018
During the evening of June 16th, a weak frontal boundary stretched north-northeast from Watertown in South Dakota, up through Wadena and International Falls in Minnesota. Along the boundary in west central Minnesota, surface dew points held in the lower 70s with precipitable water values around 1.50 inches. Thunderstorms flared up during the evening and produced a few damaging wind gusts in addition to a band of four to seven inches of rain. This heavy rain band generally ran from north of Breck
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 752084). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Wadena County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.