Heavy Rain in South Central Minnesota: June 17-18, 2014

The seemingly endless parade of storms continued over southern Minnesota during the late evening hours of June 17th to the early morning hours of July 18th. This time the Mankato area was especially hard hit with 24-hour rainfall totals of up to five inches reported just south of Mankato. In addition, strong winds with the storms uprooted trees that were standing in already moist soil. A mud slide closed one lane of Highway 169 between St. Peter to Mankato during the morning hours of the 18th.

With the additional rains from these storms the June rainfall at Luverne as of June 18 is now at 12.91 inches. The state record is 15.63 inches at Mapleton in 2010.

Below are storm reports and public information statements and storm reports from the National Weather Service.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
817 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0230 AM     TSTM WND DMG     4 WNW NEW ULM           44.34N 94.53W
06/18/2014                   BROWN              MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            40 BY 60 FT POLE BUILDING LEVELED NEAR
            INTERSECTION OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 29 AND 12



PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
758 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 WNW EAGLE LAKE        44.17N 93.91W
06/18/2014  E5.08 INCH       BLUE EARTH         MN   COOP OBSERVER

            MEASURED 4 MILES E OF MANKATO AT KTOE.




PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
731 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0700 AM     HEAVY RAIN       NORTH MANKATO           44.18N 94.03W
06/18/2014  M3.51 INCH       NICOLLET           MN   COOP OBSERVER




PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
403 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0317 AM     TSTM WND DMG     ALDEN                   43.67N 93.58W
06/18/2014                   FREEBORN           MN   911 CALL CENTER

            PART OF ROOF BLOWN OFF. POWER OUT IN TOWN.


PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
239 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0233 AM     TSTM WND GST     NEW ULM AIRPORT         44.32N 94.50W
06/18/2014  M56.00 MPH       BROWN              MN   AWOS