928 first-hand accounts of flood events in Minnesota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
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 very anomalous moist atmosphere was in place for this flash flood event to develop. Precipitable water values (PWATs) were over 2 inches across southern Minnesota which is well over climatological normals.
Read the full account →A very anomalous moist atmosphere was in place for this flash flood event to develop. Precipitable water values (PWATs) were over 2 inches across southern Minnesota which is well over climatological normals.
Read the full account →A very anomalous moist atmosphere was in place for this flash flood event to develop. Precipitable water values (PWATs) were over 2 inches across southern Minnesota which is well over climatological normals.
Read the full account →A very anomalous moist atmosphere was in place for this flash flood event to develop. Precipitable water values (PWATs) were over 2 inches across southern Minnesota which is well over climatological normals.
Read the full account →A potent storm system brought multiple rounds of severe storms to the Northland starting during the early morning hours of the 8th. Very little in the way of severe weather was observed with this initial round of storms.
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 →Southeast Minnesota was hit with two rounds of severe storms during the afternoon and evening of June 2nd. The first round developed in the late afternoon and produced large hail that reached 2 inches in diameter in and around Winona and Pickwick (Winona County).
Read the full account →After the first round of elevated convection from the early morning hours of the 24th drifted off to the northeast, a surface warm front was left along the North Dakota and South Dakota border by mid morning.
Read the full account →Well above average rainfall throughout June in conjunction with late-month heavy rainfall contributed to additional rises into flood stage along the Mississippi River.
Read the full account →Strong inflow of moist and unstable air resulted in training thunderstorms and very heavy rain across Big Stone County. Rainfall amounts of 2 to 4 inches occurred across the area. Cropland along with many roads were flooded.
Read the full account →The combination of runoff from recent snow melt, along with thunderstorms producing two inches of rain in less than two hours, caused flash flooding. Spring Creek rose about half a foot every 15 minutes, flooding several homes and businesses.
Read the full account →Several rounds of storms moved across portions of southeast Minnesota on June 17th. Storms during the early morning hours dropped penny sized hail near Wykoff (Fillmore County).
Read the full account →A complex of showers and storms moved across southeast Minnesota during the morning and afternoon of June 13th. Rainfall from this activity was generally in the 1.5 to 3 inch range and was enough to cause some street flooding to occur in Winona (Winona County) and send water…
Read the full account →A complex of showers and storms moved across southeast Minnesota during the morning and afternoon of June 13th. Rainfall from this activity was generally in the 1.5 to 3 inch range and was enough to cause some street flooding to occur in Winona (Winona County) and send water…
Read the full account →A line of intense thunderstorms swept through southeast Minnesota with two distinct downburst damage paths.The northern track hit southern Wabasha County and then passed through central Winona County hitting the city of Winona directly.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms produced as much as 3 inches of rain in three hours during the late evening and early morning of June 11-12. Hardest hit was the Austin area, where flooding affected most of the city. In fact, people were rescued from vehicles submerged in high water.
Read the full account →Unusually warm and humid air remained in place during the early morning hours of the 14th, especially along and south of the Interstate 94 corridor. Temperatures hovered in the lower 70s with dew point temperatures in the upper 60s to around 70.
Read the full account →Rainfall totals of 2 to 4 inches during the late evening and early morning of June 11-12 continued to pose flooding problems in parts of southeast Minnesota.
Read the full account →An area of low pressure moved from the Southern Plains to northern Iowa the 28th into the 29th and spread snowfall across northern Minnesota starting the morning of the 28th.
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