reconnecting
Listening for events…

The Dexes / Heavy Rain / 50569

Eventdex · Heavy Rain

HOUSTON

50569 · 43.755, -91.330

drawing…

The record

Everything the slot carries, as measured. Series arrays are drawn above and listed here in full.

Event typeevent_typeHeavy Rain
NOAA NCEI event IDncei_event_id50,569
Episode IDepisode_id8,549
Begin UTCbegin_utc2007-08-18T12:00:00+00:00
End UTCend_utc2007-08-19T17:00:00+00:00
StatestateMINNESOTA
County/zone typecz_typeC
County/zone namecz_nameHOUSTON
Latitudelat43.755
Longitudelon-91.330
End latitudeend_lat43.755
End longitudeend_lon-91.330
Deaths directdeaths_direct0
Deaths indirectdeaths_indirect0
Injuries directinjuries_direct0
Injuries indirectinjuries_indirect0
Damage propertydamage_property15.00K
Damage cropsdamage_crops5.00K
Weather forecast office sourcewfo_sourceCOOP Observer
Episode narrativeepisode_narrativeA warm front lifting northward into Iowa triggered round after round of thunderstorms with excessive rainfall across southeast Minnesota during the evening and overnight hours of August 18-19. This was after rain had fallen earlier in the day. Total rainfall amounts of 10 to 15 inches were common, which produced widespread and significant flash flooding. An official rainfall total of 15.1 inches near Hokah (Houston County) established an all-time 24 hour rainfall record for the state of Minnesota. Other rainfall totals, which were unofficial readings, included 17.00 and 14.00 inches respectively in Witoka and Utica (Winona County). Numerous roads and bridges were washed out, houses collapsed due to mudslides and hundreds of homes had flooded basements. Law enforcement and fire department officials reported rescuing people from their vehicles, as well as from house tops. There were seven fatalities reported, five in Winona County and two in Houston County. Damage attributed to the heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding was estimated to be in the millions of dollars. Fillmore, Houston, Olmsted, Wabasha and Winona counties were declared federal disaster areas.
Event narrativeevent_narrativeThe cooperative observer 1 mile south-southwest of Hokah reported a rainfall total of 15.60 inches. 12.73 inches of this rain fell between 8 p.m. August 18th and 3 a.m. August 19th, and a new 24-hour record of 15.10 inches set a new state record.
Yearyear2,007

Provenance

This slot's source list is not carried on the manifest row; open the dossier below.

Storage: spine

HOUSTON — Heavy Rain — TerraPulse