928 first-hand accounts of flood events in Minnesota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
The winter brought a good amount of snow to the northern Red River Valley, which resulted in snow water contents of 1.5 to 2.5 inches. The northern Red River Valley received less snow than the southern valley, which resulted in the snow cover disappearing faster over the north…
Read the full account →A near normal winter left a snowpack with 1.5 to 2.5 inches of snow water equivalent to the Kittson county area. The snow melted first over the northern Red River basin. A heavy rain event dropped 1 to 2 inches of rain over the Red River Valley on the 7th.
Read the full account →A warm front extended east to west across the Upper Mississippi Valley on June 7, which provided the focus for thunderstorms producing excessive rainfall. In fact, these storms exhibited very high rainfall rates, which led to 1 to 2 inch rainfall amounts in an hour or so.
Read the full account →Repeated heavy rains caused record flooding of the Rock River in Rock County in extreme southwest Minnesota. The flooding took place from June 15th through June 20th.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms began to develop along a weak frontal boundary across southern Minnesota, between Springfield and Mankato. These storms moved to the east across portions of south central and east central Minnesota and spanned numerous reports of large hail, very heavy rainfall,…
Read the full account →Thunderstorms began to develop along a weak frontal boundary across southern Minnesota, between Springfield and Mankato. These storms moved to the east across portions of south central and east central Minnesota and spanned numerous reports of large hail, very heavy rainfall,…
Read the full account →The Mississippi River crested in April 2001 at levels second only to the all-time flood of record, which occurred in April 1965. In spite of the river slowly receding, water levels remained above flood stage, resulting in continued flooding until the middle of May.
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Spurred by a period of excessive precipitation from September 10-12 that resulted in 5 to 10 inches of rainfall near the South Dakota border and 2 to 5 inches toward the east, extreme rises occurred on numerous creeks and rivers mid-month, with many basin locations reaching…
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southeast Minnesota from the early morning hours of September 21st into the morning of the 22nd. The heavy rain led to flash flooding across portions of Mower, Fillmore, Houston and Winona Counties.
Read the full account →After a relatively dry start to the month, a potent late summer storm system brought very heavy rain to parts of southeast Minnesota and northeast Iowa on September14 and September15.
Read the full account →Accumulating snowfall across the Upper Midwest and Northern Plains was extensive during the 2009/2010 winter with snowfall water equivalent amounts across the Minnesota River Valley as high as six inches.
Read the full account →A strong storm system, in combination with deep moisture from the remnants of a tropical system, produced a large area of flooding rainfall with amounts as high as 8 and 11 inches in an 18 hour period.
Read the full account →A warm front lifting northward into Iowa triggered round after round of thunderstorms with excessive rainfall across southeast Minnesota during the evening and overnight hours of August 18-19. This was after rain had fallen earlier in the day.
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms with heavy rain moved across southeast Minnesota from the early morning hours of September 21st into the morning of the 22nd. The heavy rain led to flash flooding across portions of Mower, Fillmore, Houston and Winona Counties.
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