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Flood — Winona, MN

Sep 17, 2018

A line of thunderstorms moved across southeast Minnesota during the afternoon of September 17th. These storms mainly produced wind gusts in the 40 to 50 mph range, which was enough to cause some damage. Trees and power lines were blown down in Dodge Center (Dodge County), damaged a building roof in Goodview (Winona County) and blew down numerous trees in the city of Winona (Winona County). The storms also dropped about 2 inches of rain in less than hour in Winona that caused some street flooding

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 783764). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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