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Overview

Very slow moving and training thunderstorms brought very heavy rainfall to portions of southwest Minnesota the morning of July 3rd. Some locations picked up several inches of rain in the matter of just a couple hours. Numerous roads were flooded or impassible due to the flash flooding, including in the city of Marshall. The Lake Shetek area was also hit particularly hard with the lake swelling out of its banks. This prompted the issuance of a Flash Flood Emergency.

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Street flooding in Marshall, MN the morning of July 3rd

(Picture Courtesy of Tim Moline)

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