Flash Flood — Stearns, Minnesota

2025-07-23 · near Albany, Stearns, Minnesota

Event narrative

Emergency manager reported major impacts in the city of Albany due to heavy rain and flash flooding. This was supported by several public reports of urban and county road flooding, including CR 157 northwest of Albany and at the I-94 underpass.

Wider weather episode

Several clusters of storms moved from central South Dakota into Minnesota during the morning, then more widespread coverage of storms developed and persisted throughout much of the day. The main axis of heavy rainfall was tied to a slow moving boundary that started across central Minnesota in the morning and progressed towards southern Minnesota by the late evening.

While many locations saw heavy rainfall amounts and rainfall rates at times, two main spots reported flash flooding impacts. This included the city of Albany in Stearns County and the Skyline area just south of Mankato in Blue Earth County.

There was also an isolated funnel cloud report with a storm that moved through Waseca County that did not produce a tornado.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1287136. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.