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Heavy Rains Again Fall on Minnesota - July 9-11, 2002
Heavy rains fell over northwestern, central, and south central Minnesota on July
9 and 10. Rainfall totals exceeding four inches were reported in some
communities. The largest rainfall total from July 9 and 10 was 8.33
inches near Climax in western Polk County.
 Street flooding was reported
in St. Cloud, Sauk Centre, Foley, and Fergus Falls on the morning of the 10th. Persons stranded in their cars in St. Cloud
had to be rescued by the fire department. Detours were posted on Highway 23 in Foley, and at the intersection of
Highway 10 and 15 in St. Cloud.
In the metropolitan area, basement flooding was
reported in apartment buildings and businesses in Fridley around noon on the 10th. Flooding was also reported at the
intersection of 45th and 49th Avenues near University Avenue in Anoka. The rain tapered off over southern Minnesota
late on the 10th and the early morning hours of the 11th.
Some larger National Weather Service Cooperative Observer reports for 24 hours ending
the morning of the
10th include 4.53 inches at Glenwood, and 4.07 inches at Long Prairie. North St. Paul received 1.28 inches in
45 minutes from 8:05am to 8:50am on July 10. St. Cloud State University received 2.70 inches of rain in 1 hour 45
minutes on that day.
St. Cloud State Univ. discussion
Photographs of flood from The St. Cloud Times
WSI radar-based precipitation estimate - July 10
WSI radar-based precipitation estimate - July 11
Public Information Statements from the National Weather Service
regarding this round of heavy rain:
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT ...UPDATED EVENT SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
215 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0743 PM 3 NE CRETE ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/09/02 SARGENT
0810 PM 3 W FORMAN ND 1.50 INCH HAIL
07/09/02 SARGENT HAIL UNTIL 817 PM.
0830 PM FORMAN ND WIND DAMAGE
07/09/02 SARGENT SEVERAL LARGE TREES DOWN.
POWER LINES DOWN. EST
80 MPH WIND GUSTS.
0840 PM 8 S CAYUGA ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/09/02 SARGENT
0840 PM FORMAN ND FLASH FLOODS
07/09/02 SARGENT STREET FLOODING. WATER
BACKING UP AROUND SCHOOL.
0845 PM 8 SSW LIDGERWOOD ND .88 INCH HAIL
07/09/02 RICHLAND
1155 PM GRAND FORKS ND FLASH FLOODS
07/09/02 GRAND FORKS EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING.
DEMERS AVENUE IMPASSABLE.
1205 AM EAST GRAND FORKS MN FLASH FLOODS
07/10/02 POLK EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING.
1207 AM HILLSBORO ND FLASH FLOODS
07/10/02 TRAILL EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING.
1255 AM WYNDMERE ND FLASH FLOODS
07/10/02 RICHLAND EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING.
0140 AM ADA MN FLASH FLOODS
07/10/02 NORMAN EXTENSIVE STREET FLOODING.
0200 AM HENDRUM MN FLASH FLOODS
07/10/02 NORMAN WATER FLOWING ACROSS U.S.
HWY 75.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
456 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0255 AM MORRIS MN .88 INCH HAIL
07/10/02 STEVENS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0350 AM GLENWOOD MN WIND DAMAGE
07/10/02 POPE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
FEW TREES AND POWER
POLE DOWN.
0420 AM GLENWOOD MN FLOOD
07/10/02 POPE STREET FLOODING. WATER
COVERING ROADS.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0440 AM SAUK CENTRE MN FLOOD
07/10/02 STEARNS STREET FLOODING.
STANDING WATER IN
ROADS. REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
631 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0530 AM SAUK CENTRE MN FLOOD
07/10/02 STEARNS PARKING LOTS FLOODED.
WATER ACROSS HWY 71.
GAS STATIONS ON EACH
SIDE OF HWY 71 FLOODED.
WATER IN BASEMENT IN
MELROSE. REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
248 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
1100 AM FERGUS FALLS MN FLASH FLOOD
07/10/02 OTTER TAIL SEVERAL COUNTY ROADS HAVE
WATER OVER THEM, BUT NONE
CLOSED. WESTBOUND LANE AT
EXIT 54 ON INTERSTATE 94
COVERED BY WATER, BUT
PASSABLE.
1130 AM BARNESVILLE MN FLASH FLOOD
07/10/02 CLAY HIGHWAY UNDERPASS
UNDERWATER.
1130 AM FARGO ND FLASH FLOOD
07/10/02 CASS MANY CITY STREETS HAD
WATER OVER THEM. SOME
CLOSED WITH VEHICLES
STRANDED. RAINFALL RATE OF
BETWEEN 1-2 INCHES PER
HOUR. MANY COUNTY ROADS HAD
WATER ON THEM.
0100 PM 4 N FOXHOME MN FLASH FLOOD
07/10/02 WILKIN FOUR TOWNSHIP ROADS
UNDERWATER. ONE WASHED OUT.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
530 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
PRELIMINARY REPORTS RECEIVED AS OF 4 PM
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0745 AM BOWLUS MN FLOOD
07/10/02 MORRISON REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. WATER COVERING
ROADS.
0800 AM ST CLOUD MN FLOOD
07/10/02 STEARNS REPORTED BY PUBLIC.
10TH AVENUE FLOODED.
WATER UP TO CARS.
0830 AM HOLDINGFORD MN FLOOD
07/10/02 STEARNS REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. 3.25 INCHES OF
RAINFALL. STORM SEWERS
OVERFLOWING.
0845 AM ST CLOUD MN FLOOD
07/10/02 STEARNS 2.7 INCHES OF RAIN IN 1
HOUR AND 45 MINUTEAS
REPORTED BY STORM
SPOTTER. PEOPLE IN CARS
IN UNDERPASS HAD TO BE
RESCUED AS REPORTED BY
LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1000 AM ST CLOUD MN FLOOD
07/10/02 BENTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
INTERSECTION AT HIGHWAY
10 AND 15 DETOURED.
1000 AM FOLEY MN FLOOD
07/10/02 BENTON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
HIGHWAY 23 DETOURED.
1125 AM LONG PRAIRIE MN FLOOD
07/10/02 TODD REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
WATER OVER HIGHWAYS 28,
27, COUNTY ROAD 38, AND
STREETS IN NORTHWEST
LONG PRAIRIE.
1140 AM FOLEY MN FLOOD
07/10/02 BENTON SEVERAL STREETS UNDER
WATER. CREEKS ABOVE
BANKS. BUSINESSES HAD
TO CLOSE IN FOLEY. SOME
COUNTY ROADS CLOSED.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
1200 PM FRIDLEY MN FLOOD
07/10/02 ANOKA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
BASEMENTS OF BUSINESSES
ON UNIVERSITY AVENUE
FLOODED. 45TH AND 49TH
AVENUE ON UNIVERSITY
FLOODED.
0230 PM ROCKFORD MN FLOOD
07/10/02 WRIGHT DEBRIS PUSHED ONTO
ROADS BY WATER.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0230 PM PRINCETON MN FLOOD
07/10/02 SHERBURNE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
WATER OVER NUMEROUS
ROADS IN SHERBURNE
COUNTY. WATER COVERING
HIGHWAY 169.
0230 PM NORTH BENTON MN FLOOD
07/10/02 BENTON TOTAL RAINFALL ESTIMATE
OF 4 INCHES. CREEKS
OVER BANKS ACROSS
ALBERTA TOWNSHIP.
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
0230 PM ST CLOUD MN FLOOD
07/10/02 STEARNS TOTAL STORM RAINFALL
REPORT OF 4.22 INCHES
AS OF 230 PM AT ST.
CLOUD STATE UNIVERSITY
REPORTED BY
METEOROLOGIST. LOTS OF
BASEMENTS FLOODED
REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
0300 PM ANOKA MN FLOOD
07/10/02 ANOKA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
ROOFS LEAKING ALL OVER
ANOKA COUNTY.
0300 PM ROBBINSDALE MN FLOOD
07/10/02 HENNEPIN REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
FLOODING ON HIGHWAY 100
AND COUNTY ROAD 81.
0300 PM COON RAPIDS MN FLOOD
07/10/02 ANOKA REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
UNCONFIRMED MUDSLIDE AT
HIGHWAY 10 AND ROUND
LAKE BLVD.
0400 PM LITTLE FALLS MN FLOOD
07/10/02 MORRISON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
UNOFFICIAL TOTAL STORM
RAINFALL REPORT OF 3.75
INCHES.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
826 PM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0807 PM 10 NE JACKSON MN TORNADO
07/10/02 JACKSON REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
REGIONAL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLES
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
804 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
VALUES REPRESENT YESTERDAYS HIGHS...LOW OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS
AND PRECIPITATION OVER THE LAST 24 HOURS ENDING AT 6AM
.BR MSP 0710 C DH00/TX/DH06/TAIRZP/PP
:
:
: STATION MAX MIN 24-HR
: NAME TEMP TEMP PCPN
AXN : ALEXANDRIA MN ARPT : 86 / 66 / 3.44
EAU : EAU CLAIRE WI ARPT : 89 / 65 / T
STC : ST CLOUD MN ARPT : 87 / 67 / 0.63
MIC : CRYSTAL MN ARPT : 87 / 68 / 0.05
MSP : MINNEAPOLIS MN ARPT : 90 / 70 / 0.01
STP : ST PAUL MN ARPT : 88 / 70 / T
FCM : EDEN PRAIRIE MN ARPT : 89 / 69 / 0.04
RWF : REDWOOD FALLS MN ARPT : 88 / 71 / 0.01
:
: COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS
:VALUES ARE FOR THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS ENDING AT 8 AM LOCAL TIME
:
: STATION MAX MIN 24-HR
: NAME TEMP TEMP PCPN
MPXM5: CHANHASSEN MN NWS : 88 / 66 / 0.09
AXNM5: ALEXANDRIA MN 6MI NO : M / M / 1.43
BMRW3: BLOOMER WISCONSIN : 87 / 60 / 0.22
FIRM5: FAIRMONT MINNESOTA : 89 / 68 / 0.25
SCOM5: ST CLOUD MN (SCSU) : M / M / 0.98
GWDM5: GLENWOOD MINNESOTA : M / M / 4.53
HSTM5: HASTINGS LOCK & DAM 2 : M / M / 0.03
LGPM5: LONG PRAIRIE MINNESOTA: M / M / 4.07
LSAM5: LOWER ST ANTHONY FALLS: M / M / 0.00
MKAM5: MANKATO MINNESOTA : M / M / 0.21
RDWM5: RED WING LOCK & DAM 3 : M / M / 0.01
RKFM5: ROCKFORD MINNESOTA : M / M / 0.54
ZBRM5: ZUMBROTA MINNESOTA : 86 / 66 / 0.17
MORNING TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
745 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
:VALUES REPRESENT YESTERDAYS HIGHS....LOWS OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS
:AND PRECIPITATION FOR THE PAST 24 HOURS
:EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TEMPERATURES AND
:PRECIPITATION STATIONS
:..................................................................
: STATION MAX / MIN / 24-HR / SNOW / SNOW
: NAME TEMP/ TEMP / PRECIP / FALL / DEPTH
:..................................................................
GFK : GRAND FORKS AIRPORT: 84 / 62 / 2.74 / 0.0 / 0
GRFN8: GRAND FORKS NWS : 83 / 61 / 3.98 / 0.0 / 0
FAR : FARGO : 84 / 63 / 0.24 / 0.0 / 0
DVL : DEVILS LAKE AIRPORT: 77 / 63 / 1.61 / /
BDE : BAUDETTE : 77 / 62 / 0.00 / /
PKD : PARK RAPIDS : 85 / 58 / 0.71 / /
BJI : BEMIDJI : 82 / 57 / 1.20 / /
TVF : THIEF RIVER FALLS : 81 / 59 / 2.50 / /
DTL : DETROIT LAKES : 84 / 61 / 0.35 / /
FFM : FERGUS FALLS : 81 / 61 / 1.30 / /
HCO : HALLOCK : 82 / 64 / 0.19 / /
ROX : ROSEAU : 79 / 64 / 0.04 / /
CKN : CROOKSTON : 81 / 59 / M / /
FSE : FOSSTON : 82 / 57 / M / /
FGN : FLAG ISLAND : 75 / 66 / 0.00 / /
RRT : WARROAD : 75 / 64 / 0.00 / /
VWU : WASKISH : 79 / 57 / 0.20 / /
JKJ : MOORHEAD : 82 / 63 / M / /
ADC : WADENA : 84 / 61 / 0.39 / /
REGIONAL MAX/MIN TEMPERATURE/PRECIPITATION TABLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
759 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
: YESTERDAY 12 HR 24 HR
: HIGH LOW PCPN
MJQ :JACKSON MN : 84 / 68 / 0.05
MML :MARSHALL MN : 86 / 72 / 0.00
PQN :PIPESTONE MN : 90 / 70 / 0.26
MWM :WINDOM MN : 86 / 70 / 0.19
OTG :WORTHINGTON MN : 86 / 68 / 0.20
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
720 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
: VALUES REPRESENT YESTERDAYS HIGHS...LOW OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS
: ENDING AT 7 AM CDT...AND PRECIPITATION FOR THE LAST 24 HOURS
: ENDING AT 7 AM CDT.
: YESTERDAY 12 HR 24 HR
: HIGH LOW PCPN
VVV :ORTONVILLE MN : 84 / 70 / T
ETH :WHEATON MN : 81 / 63 / 1.07
REGIONAL TEMPERATURE AND PRECIPITATION TABLE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
1005 AM CDT WED JUL 10 2002
: VALUES REPRESENT YESTERDAYS HIGHS....LOW OVER THE LAST 12 HOURS
: AND PRECIPITATION OVER THE LAST 24 HRS ENDING AT 7 AM
: HIGH LOW PCPN
DLH : NWS DULUTH MN : 74 / 59 / 0.01
INL : INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN : 79 / 63 / 0.00
HIB : HIBBING MN AIRPORT : 81 / 58 / 0.02
GNA : GRAND MARAIS MN : 72 / 53 / 0.00
BRD : BRAINERD MN AIRPORT : 85 / 59 / 0.82
: COOPERATIVE OBSERVATIONS
: VALUES ARE FOR THE PREVIOUS 24 HOURS ENDING AT 7 AM LOCAL TIME
:
BRAM5: BRAINERD MN : 86 / 60 / 0.70
GLLM5: GULL LAKE MN : 84 / 59 / 0.67
CRLM5: CROSS LAKE MN : 85 / 56 / 1.05
FLDM5: FLOODWOOD MN : 79 / 55 / 0.22
GDPM5: GRAND PORTAGE MN : 77 / 51 / 0.00
PKGM5: POKEGEMA LAKE MN : 84 / 55 / 0.45
LFKM5: LITTLEFORK MN : 78 / 60 / 0.00
FEDM5: FEDERAL LAKE MN : 86 / 54 / 0.52
MRSM5: MARCELL MINNESOTA : M / M / 0.13
ISEM5: 12N ISLE MINNESOTA : 81 / 57 / 0.94
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