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Flash Flood in Walsh County, North Dakota

Flash Flood July 4, 2020 · Walsh County, North Dakota

$50K

Damage as recorded

$250K

Crop damage

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

Fields and farm access roads were flooded across portions of Ardoch and Walshville townships.

The wider storm

A cluster of thunderstorms formed over the northern Red River Valley during the early morning hours of Saturday, July 4th. A couple of the individual storm cells became fairly strong, but the main hazard shifted to heavy rain. The storms were slow moving, but kept back-building, which led to some areas picking up very heavy rainfall. The northern Valley into extreme northwest Minnesota was already saturated from heavy rain during June, which led to flash flooding.

Began near Ardoch (48.2307, -97.3761).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 898469. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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