Flash Flood in Ramsey County, Minnesota

Flash Flood September 20, 2007 · Ramsey County, Minnesota

Death

$200K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Nearly two inches of rain in one hour caused Battle Creek in South Maplewood to rise. Several boys were playing in and along the creek, and a thirteen year old boy was swept below a nearby dam. Some of the heavy rain was funneled into a neighborhood near Hancock and Third, where six houses were flooded. A retaining wall was blown out in the Swede Hollow neighborhood.

The wider storm

Warm frontal boundary induced severe weather.

Began near St Paul (44.9257, -92.9989).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF0 Washington County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 59671. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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