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Minnesota Flood Stories

928 first-hand accounts of flood events in Minnesota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.

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Nicollet, MN · Apr 17, 2019

During the morning of Wednesday, April 17th, a large area of showers developed across southern Minnesota. Several embedded thunderstorms developed after sunrise and moved across south central, and into southeast and east central Minnesota.

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Le Sueur, MN · Apr 17, 2019

During the morning of Wednesday, April 17th, a large area of showers developed across southern Minnesota. Several embedded thunderstorms developed after sunrise and moved across south central, and into southeast and east central Minnesota.

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Rice, MN · Apr 17, 2019

During the morning of Wednesday, April 17th, a large area of showers developed across southern Minnesota. Several embedded thunderstorms developed after sunrise and moved across south central, and into southeast and east central Minnesota.

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Carlton, MN · Jun 4, 2019

Thunderstorms developed over northeastern Minnesota on the afternoon of the 4th. A warm front was draped along the International Border with a secondary warm front pushing northward from the south.

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Houston, MN · Jul 19, 2019

Several rounds of thunderstorms moved across southeast Minnesota during the late evening of July 18th into the early morning of July 19th. As the initial round of storms moved through, a brief tornado touched down east of Witoka (Winona County).

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Dodge, MN · Jul 20, 2019

Two rounds of thunderstorms moved across southeast Minnesota during the morning of July 20th. The first round produced at 74 mph wind gust at the Rochester International Airport (Olmsted County).

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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.

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Waseca, MN · Jul 5, 2019

An afternoon intensifying mesoscale convective system that moved from southeast South Dakota, eastward across southern Minnesota during the late afternoon and evening of Friday, July 5th, produced sporadic wind damage around Arlington, southeast to Henderson, Minnesota.

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Waseca, MN · Jul 5, 2019

An afternoon intensifying mesoscale convective system that moved from southeast South Dakota, eastward across southern Minnesota during the late afternoon and evening of Friday, July 5th, produced sporadic wind damage around Arlington, southeast to Henderson, Minnesota.

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Steele, MN · Jul 5, 2019

An afternoon intensifying mesoscale convective system that moved from southeast South Dakota, eastward across southern Minnesota during the late afternoon and evening of Friday, July 5th, produced sporadic wind damage around Arlington, southeast to Henderson, Minnesota.

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Waseca, MN · Jul 5, 2019

An afternoon intensifying mesoscale convective system that moved from southeast South Dakota, eastward across southern Minnesota during the late afternoon and evening of Friday, July 5th, produced sporadic wind damage around Arlington, southeast to Henderson, Minnesota.

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Goodhue, MN · Jul 5, 2019

An afternoon intensifying mesoscale convective system that moved from southeast South Dakota, eastward across southern Minnesota during the late afternoon and evening of Friday, July 5th, produced sporadic wind damage around Arlington, southeast to Henderson, Minnesota.

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Flash Flood

Hennepin, MN · Jul 15, 2019

Several clusters of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of Monday, July 15th in central Minnesota. A few storms also developed ahead of the storms in central Minnesota, and became severe west of the Twin Cities.

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Hennepin, MN · Jul 15, 2019

Several clusters of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of Monday, July 15th in central Minnesota. A few storms also developed ahead of the storms in central Minnesota, and became severe west of the Twin Cities.

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Hennepin, MN · Jul 15, 2019

Several clusters of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of Monday, July 15th in central Minnesota. A few storms also developed ahead of the storms in central Minnesota, and became severe west of the Twin Cities.

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Flash Flood

Hennepin, MN · Jul 15, 2019

Several clusters of thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of Monday, July 15th in central Minnesota. A few storms also developed ahead of the storms in central Minnesota, and became severe west of the Twin Cities.

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Nicollet, MN · Mar 17, 2019

There were many factors that led to a severe Spring flood melt along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and several of their tributaries during the last two weeks of March. The first factor was above average snowpack, especially over the Minnesota River Valley for mid March.

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Sibley, MN · Mar 17, 2019

There were many factors that led to a severe Spring flood melt along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and several of their tributaries during the last two weeks of March. The first factor was above average snowpack, especially over the Minnesota River Valley for mid March.

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Blue Earth, MN · Mar 17, 2019

There were many factors that led to a severe Spring flood melt along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and several of their tributaries during the last two weeks of March. The first factor was above average snowpack, especially over the Minnesota River Valley for mid March.

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Le Sueur, MN · Mar 17, 2019

There were many factors that led to a severe Spring flood melt along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and several of their tributaries during the last two weeks of March. The first factor was above average snowpack, especially over the Minnesota River Valley for mid March.

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Renville, MN · Mar 17, 2019

There were many factors that led to a severe Spring flood melt along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and several of their tributaries during the last two weeks of March. The first factor was above average snowpack, especially over the Minnesota River Valley for mid March.

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Scott, MN · Mar 14, 2019

There were many factors that led to a severe Spring flood melt along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and several of their tributaries during the last two weeks of March. The first factor was above average snowpack, especially over the Minnesota River Valley for mid March.

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Stearns, MN · Mar 18, 2019

There were many factors that led to a severe Spring flood melt along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and several of their tributaries during the last two weeks of March. The first factor was above average snowpack, especially over the Minnesota River Valley for mid March.

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Watonwan, MN · Mar 16, 2019

There were many factors that led to a severe Spring flood melt along the Minnesota and Mississippi Rivers and several of their tributaries during the last two weeks of March. The first factor was above average snowpack, especially over the Minnesota River Valley for mid March.

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