Flash Flood in Rice County, Minnesota
Flash Flood June 26, 2025 · Rice County, Minnesota
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
Street flooding in the 1500 block of 2nd Ave NW reported by county dispatch.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Faribault (44.3117, -93.2743).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1277917. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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