Flood — Houston, Minnesota

2024-06-25 to 2024-06-30 · near La Crescent, Houston, Minnesota

Event narrative

Significant rainfall throughout June pushed the Mississippi River at La Crescent into flood stage of 641.0 ft on June 25th. The river stage continued to rise through the end of the month while remaining in minor flood stage.

Wider weather episode

Above normal rainfall over the course of June, combined with a robust rainfall event between June 20th and 22nd, led to widespread river flooding across portions of southeast Minnesota. Rainfall amounts upwards of 7 inches between the 20th and 22nd allowed the Mississippi River, Cedar River and many other river basins in southeast Minnesota to enter flood stage towards the end of June. Flooding along the Mississippi River mainstem continued into July.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1194684. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.