928 first-hand accounts of flood events in Minnesota, ranked by impact. Each is a NOAA-written narrative of the moment.
Several rounds of severe thunderstorms traversed the region starting on the evening of April 22nd. Initially, large hail was the primary concern, with an increasingly tornadic environment heading into April 23rd.
Read the full account →A one in 500 year rainfall hit northeast Minnesota and far northwestern Wisconsin June 19th and 20th. An east to west front stalled just south of the area, across southern Minnesota and central Wisconsin early on June 19th: There was high humidity and record-breaking heat to…
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms began during the week of June 14th, and continued through most of the week with areas of flash flooding. The flash flooding evolved into areal flooding, and then main-stem river flooding which continued through the end of the month.
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms began during the week of June 14th, and continued through most of the week with areas of flash flooding. The flash flooding evolved into areal flooding, and then main-stem river flooding which continued through the end of the month.
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 →A band of heavy rain developed along a warm front that lifted north through southern and central Minnesota during the afternoon and early evening of August 16. Small low-topped supercells developed within the band and produced numerous tornadoes.
Read the full account →A nearly stationary boundary again focused widespread heavy rainfall during the late evening on September 11 and early morning hours of September 12. Precipitable water was at or exceeding the record values for the date at nearby locations.
Read the full account →A one in 500 year rainfall hit northeast Minnesota and far northwestern Wisconsin June 19th and 20th. An east to west front stalled just south of the area, across southern Minnesota and central Wisconsin early on June 19th: There was high humidity and record-breaking heat to…
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms with very heavy rain rolled across southeast Minnesota during the late afternoon and evening of June 22nd. The heavy rain produced widespread flash flooding across much of Houston County into the eastern sections of Fillmore County.
Read the full account →A band of heavy rain developed along a warm front that lifted north through southern and central Minnesota during the afternoon and early evening of August 16. Small low-topped supercells developed within the band and produced numerous tornadoes.
Read the full account →On the evening of September 20th, a warm front was stretched west to east across southern Minnesota originating from a developing low pressure system across the South Dakota and Nebraska border.
Read the full account →A line of thunderstorms moved across southeast Minnesota during the late afternoon and evening of August 27th. Winds from these storms damaged trees in Kasson (Dodge County).
Read the full account →A cluster of thunderstorms formed over the northern Red River Valley during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 4th. A couple of the individual storm cells became fairly strong, but the main hazard shifted to heavy rain.
Read the full account →Several rounds of heavy rainfall occurred across southwest Minnesota during the evening of June 30th, through the early morning of July 1st. Up to 7 inches of rain fell near Morton, Minnesota, where approximately 30 homes were impacted by small streams and runoff.
Read the full account →Several rounds of thunderstorms began during the week of June 14th, and continued through most of the week with areas of flash flooding. The flash flooding evolved into areal flooding, and then main-stem river flooding which continued through the end of the month.
Read the full account →Two rounds of thunderstorms moved across southeast Minnesota during the afternoon and evening of June 9th. These storms produced locally heavy rains with the runoff resulting in flash flooding across Fillmore County.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms with very heavy rain moved very slowly across southeast Minnesota during the early morning hours of June 28th. These storms dumped between 3 and 7 inches of rain that resulted in flash flooding occurring in Dodge, Olmsted and Fillmore Counties.
Read the full account →Thunderstorms that originally developed across the Arrowhead of Minnesota early Wednesday morning, August 17th, created a boundary farther southward across east-central Minnesota.
Read the full account →The winter snow melted first across portions of Grant, Wilkin, and Clay counties. Visible satellite imagery confirmed this fact, showing a distinct snow free north to south band that extended roughly 20 or so miles east of the Red River in these three counties.
Read the full account →The snow took longer to melt on the Minnesota side of the northern Red River Valley, than it did in the southern Red River Valley. At the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, the snow depth fell to zero on April 6th.
Read the full account →The snow took longer to melt on the Minnesota side of the northern Red River Valley, than it did in the southern Red River Valley. At the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, the snow depth fell to zero on April 6th.
Read the full account →The snow took longer to melt on the Minnesota side of the northern Red River Valley, than it did in the southern Red River Valley. At the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks, the snow depth fell to zero on April 6th.
Read the full account →The winter snow melted first across portions of Grant, Wilkin, and Clay counties. Visible satellite imagery confirmed this fact, showing a distinct snow free north to south band that extended roughly 20 or so miles east of the Red River in these three counties.
Read the full account →The winter snow melted first across portions of Grant, Wilkin, and Clay counties. Visible satellite imagery confirmed this fact, showing a distinct snow free north to south band that extended roughly 20 or so miles east of the Red River in these three counties.
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