Flash Flood — Rice, Minnesota

2025-06-26 · near Faribault, Rice, Minnesota

Event narrative

Street flooding in the 1500 block of 2nd Ave NW reported by county dispatch.

Wider weather episode

A large scale mid-to-upper-level trough was moving across the northern plains on the afternoon of June 26th. Immediately ahead of this progressing wave was a mesoscale convective vortex moving out of the Missouri River Valley. Ahead of this MCV was a warm front that supplied sufficient shear and low-level moisture across southern Minnesota into northern Iowa. A low topped supercell developed within a line of thunderstorms stretched along the I-35 corridor.

An EF-0 tornado developed just northwest of Twin Lakes and traveled over five miles and was approximately 75 yds wide. Maximum winds were estimated to be 80 mph, damaging two farm sheds before destroying farm outbuildings and overturning a trailer.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1277917. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.