Jul 12, 2018
A line of thunderstorms that developed in northern Minnesota, sagged southward into central Minnesota during the morning of Thursday, July 12th. High rainfall rates, and training of the storms, caused up to five inches of rain (based on radar) in less than three hours in northern Kanabec County. This amount of rainfall produced flash flooding, and local officials indicated damage to many county roads throughout the county. The heaviest rainfall total was 7.04 inches near Mora. One of the storms
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 757935). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Kanabec County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.