Jun 17, 2018
Multiple rounds of thunderstorms along a stationary boundary starting Friday, June 15th, and persisting through the day June 16th, acted to saturate soils across portions of northeast Minnesota. Another round of training storms developed the night of the 16th, fed by a moist low-level jet. Training storms and slow storm motion led to heavy rainfall across Aitkin, Pine and Carlton counties. Three day rainfall amounts of 3 to 6 inches were common across Aitkin, Carleton and Pine counties with pock
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 764738). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Aitkin County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.