928 first-hand accounts of flood events in Minnesota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
An unstable warm sector with MUCAPE up to 2000-2500 J/kg developed during the afternoon between an advancing cold front across southeast South Dakota, and a gangly warm front extending into southwest Minnesota.
Read the full account →An unstable warm sector with MUCAPE up to 2000-2500 J/kg developed during the afternoon between an advancing cold front across southeast South Dakota, and a gangly warm front extending into southwest Minnesota.
Read the full account →The combination of snow melt runoff and heavy rains caused the Root River to flood. The river crested at Hokah (Houston County) on April 11 at 51.2 feet, well above the flood stage of 47 feet.
Read the full account →Another night in the long duration heat wave brought another round of nocturnal convection. Early in the morning of the 19th, a weak surface boundary set up across northern South Dakota into west central Minnesota.
Read the full account →Another night in the long duration heat wave brought another round of nocturnal convection. Early in the morning of the 19th, a weak surface boundary set up across northern South Dakota into west central Minnesota.
Read the full account →Another night in the long duration heat wave brought another round of nocturnal convection. Early in the morning of the 19th, a weak surface boundary set up across northern South Dakota into west central Minnesota.
Read the full account →During the late afternoon and evening hours on August 29th, storms of various modes moved across portions of southeast Minnesota bringing isolated wind damage.
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 →A cold front moved slowly eastward over southeast Minnesota during the late evening hours of September 30th. Thunderstorms developed along and ahead of the front, producing rainfall amounts of 3 to 5 inches in about two hours.
Read the full account →As the low level jet increased late in the evening of the 23rd and the early morning of the 24th, it transported very warm, moist, and unstable air into southeast North Dakota and west central Minnesota.
Read the full account →The combination of snow melt runoff and heavy rains caused the Root River to flood. The river crested at Hokah (Houston County) on April 11 at 51.2 feet, well above the flood stage of 47 feet.
Read the full account →As thunderstorms rolled across southeast Minnesota during the late afternoon of June 20th, they produced some heavy rains in a very short period of time. Between 2 and 3 inches of rain fell in about an hour and a half.
Read the full account →Clear skies through the day with southwesterly flow at the surface lead to rapid heating and moisture advection across the Northland. This lead to the development of thunderstorms during the afternoon hours that were prolific hail producers across the region with the largest…
Read the full account →Clusters of thunderstorms with very high rainfall rates from 2 to 4 inches per hour developed during the overnight hours June 20-21. The primary focus occurred near and just north of Interstate 90.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms developed along and north of a nearly stationary warm front over southeast Minnesota during the afternoon of July 28th. These storms were very slow moving and were excellent rain producers dumping between 4 and 5 inches of rain on some locations.
Read the full account →The remnants of a thunderstorm complex that produced flash flooding earlier across parts of southern Minnesota, and western Wisconsin, had reformed over central Minnesota during the evening of Monday, June 29th.
Read the full account →During the evening of Sunday, June 28th, a complex of thunderstorms that developed across Iowa previously, moved slowly northward across southern Minnesota before stalling in central Minnesota Monday morning.
Read the full account →During the evening of Sunday, June 28th, a complex of thunderstorms that developed across Iowa previously, moved slowly northward across southern Minnesota before stalling in central Minnesota Monday morning.
Read the full account →During the evening of Sunday, June 28th, a complex of thunderstorms that developed across Iowa previously, moved slowly northward across southern Minnesota before stalling in central Minnesota Monday morning.
Read the full account →A strong cold front pushed across Minnesota the evening of the 14th and led to the development of a line of storms ahead of the front. As the storms pushed across northeastern Minnesota, they produced all modes of severe weather.
Read the full account →A strong cold front pushed across Minnesota the evening of the 14th and led to the development of a line of storms ahead of the front. As the storms pushed across northeastern Minnesota, they produced all modes of severe weather.
Read the full account →A strong cold front pushed across Minnesota the evening of the 14th and led to the development of a line of storms ahead of the front. As the storms pushed across northeastern Minnesota, they produced all modes of severe weather.
Read the full account →A strong cold front pushed across Minnesota the evening of the 14th and led to the development of a line of storms ahead of the front. As the storms pushed across northeastern Minnesota, they produced all modes of severe weather.
Read the full account →A strong cold front pushed across Minnesota the evening of the 14th and led to the development of a line of storms ahead of the front. As the storms pushed across northeastern Minnesota, they produced all modes of severe weather.
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