Beneficial Rains: July 6-7, 2021

24 hour rainfall ending 7am July 7, 2021
24 Hour Rainfall Totals Ending 7am, July 7, 2021
Courtesy: National Weather Service

Beneficial rains fell over the state, but there's still a long way to go to erase precipitation deficits.

The latest heat wave ended with some welcome rains across the state. The heaviest rains were in two west to east areas, from Long Prairie to Moose Lake and in southern Minnesota from Windom though Winona. There were large areas of one half to an inch and a half of rain, with pockets of two inches or more. One of the heaviest rainfalls found so far was 2.63 inches at Wells in Faribault County.

Despite the rains, many places in central and northern Minnesota are from three to six inches below normal since April 1 and over southern Minnesota from four to seven inches short of normal. The only exceptions are in the southeast along the Mississippi River and parts of northeast Minnesota. The Twin Cities International Airport saw .43 inches of precipitation, 4.01 inches short of normal since April 1. Minnesota City in southeast Minnesota is one of the few places in the state with above normal precipitation since April 1 and was .42 inches above normal.

There weren't many reports of severe storms with this event, but there were a few more active thunderstorm cells in the south east. Below are local storm reports courtesy the National Weather Service.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
248 AM CDT WED JUL 7 2021
..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0130 PM     HAIL             LAKE CITY               44.45N 92.27W
07/06/2021  E0.50 INCH       WABASHA            MN   PUBLIC           
PUBLIC REPORT VIA FACEBOOK, TIME 
APPROXIMATED BY RADAR. 
0205 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MODENA                  44.46N 91.80W
07/06/2021                   BUFFALO            WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT  
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. 
0215 PM     TSTM WND DMG     GILMANTON               44.47N 91.68W
07/06/2021                   BUFFALO            WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT  
MULTIPLE TREES DOWN. 
0329 PM     HAIL             3 E LEWISTON            43.98N 91.81W
07/06/2021  M0.70 INCH       WINONA             MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT  
0345 PM     TSTM WND DMG     3 S WILLARD             44.68N 90.72W
07/06/2021                   CLARK              WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT  
FULL TREE DOWN ACROSS THE ROAD. 
0352 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NE NEW AMSTERDAM      44.03N 91.27W
07/06/2021                   LA CROSSE          WI   NWS EMPLOYEE     
SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN ON HOLSETH RD. 
0400 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 NNE NEW AMSTERDAM     44.03N 91.27W
07/06/2021                   LA CROSSE          WI   NWS EMPLOYEE     
LARGE TREE DOWN ON SYLVESTER RD. TIME 
ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 
0409 PM     TSTM WND DMG     STEVENSTOWN             44.04N 91.17W
07/06/2021                   LA CROSSE          WI   LAW ENFORCEMENT  
SEVERAL TREES DOWN, TIME ESTIMATED WITH 
RADAR. 
0411 PM     TSTM WND GST     7 N CHILI               44.72N 90.35W
07/06/2021  E60 MPH          CLARK              WI   TRAINED SPOTTER  
MANY SMALL BRANCHES DOWN. 
0412 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N CHILI               44.69N 90.37W
07/06/2021                   CLARK              WI   PUBLIC           
TREE BRANCH DOWN. 
0416 PM     TSTM WND DMG     4 N CHILI               44.69N 90.37W
07/06/2021                   CLARK              WI   PUBLIC           
TREE BRANCH DOWN. 
0500 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW ROCHESTER          44.02N 92.49W
07/06/2021                   OLMSTED            MN   BROADCAST MEDIA  
LARGE ROTTED BRANCHES DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED 
FROM RADAR. 
0501 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 NW ROCHESTER          44.03N 92.49W
07/06/2021                   OLMSTED            MN   BROADCAST MEDIA  
TREE DOWN IN YARD. PUBLIC REPORT VIA KTTC, 
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 
0514 PM     TSTM WND DMG     WINONA                  44.05N 91.66W
07/06/2021                   WINONA             MN   BROADCAST MEDIA  
LARGE TREE UPROOTED AND FELL ONTO HOUSE. 
TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. 
0538 PM     TSTM WND GST     1 SSE GALESVILLE        44.08N 91.35W
07/06/2021  M55 MPH          TREMPEALEAU        WI   TRAINED SPOTTER  
0615 PM     HEAVY RAIN       STOCKTON                44.03N 91.77W
07/06/2021  M3.00 INCH       WINONA             MN   BROADCAST MEDIA  
. 
0630 PM     HEAVY RAIN       WABASHA                 44.37N 92.05W
07/06/2021  M2.00 INCH       WABASHA            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER  
. 
0645 PM     HEAVY RAIN       3 ESE DOUGLAS           44.09N 92.51W
07/06/2021  M1.20 INCH       OLMSTED            MN   BROADCAST MEDIA  
. 
0650 PM     DEBRIS FLOW      5 ESE LAKE CITY         44.42N 92.19W
07/06/2021                   WABASHA            MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT  
ROCK SLIDE ON HWY 61 NEAR MILE MARKER 70. 
LIKELY CAUSED BY HEAVY RAIN IN THE AREA. 

 

 

Updated July 7, 2021

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