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Flash Flood — Lyon, MN

Jul 3, 2019

A cluster of thunderstorms developed during the evening along an outflow boundary from earlier day convection across southwest Minnesota southwest of Marshall. The initial storm development produced a weak funnel cloud, but the main impact was from a couple hours of torrential rainfall which produced small stream flooding. Later in the night, a well organized linear structure swept eastward into southwest Minnesota, producing an isolated severe wind event just across the border from South Dako

Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 842787). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.

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