A band of accumulating snow will move into the area around daybreak Saturday, continuing through the day before tapering off by early evening. Generally 1 to 4" of snow are expected within the band, with locally higher amounts nearing 6" possible. The band could still shift slightly north/south, which will result in a subsequent shift in where travel impacts are highest. Read More >
Overview
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Thunderstorms developed in the evening hours of Thursday June 27th and intensified during the overnight hours. Parts of southeast Minnesota and the city of Rochester were the target of the heaviest rainfall. Rochester International Airport was closed for several hours overnight because of water over the runways where around 5" of rain fell in 6 hours. The hardest hit area was west of the city of Rochester, near Oxbow Park, where flash flooding on the Middle Fork of the Zumbro river swept away 40-60 cattle off one farm. While some reports of people driving into flooded water were received, no lives were lost thankfully! |
 Radar Loop of June 27-28, 2019 |
Flooding
Flood Crests
| River Gauge Site | River Crest Time | River Crest Level |
| Middle Fork Zumbro River at Pine Island, MN | June 28, 12:00 pm | 21.61 ft |
| South Branch, Middle Fork Zumbro River near Oxbow Park, MN | June 28, 9:33 am | 31.48 ft |
| South Fork Zumbro River near Rochester 5SW, MN | June 28, 12:00 pm | 91.65 ft |
| South Fork Zumbro River at Rochester, MN | June 28, 6:30 pm | 16.59 ft |
| Cascade Creek at Rochester, MN | June 28, 12:30 pm | 14.21 ft |
| Cascade Creek near Rochester 3SW, MN | June 28, 9:00 am | 48.15 ft |
Flooding Reports
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0931 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 N BYRON 44.07N 92.65W
06/28/2019 OLMSTED MN EMERGENCY MNGR
EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT REPORTED FARMER LOST 40
TO 60 CATTLE.
0730 AM FLASH FLOOD NEW HAMPTON 43.06N 92.32W
06/28/2019 CHICKASAW IA PUBLIC
STORM SEWERS ARE AT CAPACITY AND AS A RESULT
THE WATER IS BACKING ONTO THE ROADS.
0658 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 SW GENOA 44.08N 92.65W
06/28/2019 OLMSTED MN PUBLIC
CAMPGROUND FLOODED AT OXBOW PARK. AT LEAST 1
CAR WAS FLOODED.
0555 AM FLASH FLOOD 3 S WEST CONCORD 44.11N 92.90W
06/28/2019 DODGE MN PUBLIC
TRUCK TRIED TO DRIVE THROUGH A FLOODED AREA
ALONG HIGHWAY 56 BETWEEN DODGE CENTER AND
WEST CONCORD. IT WAS SWEPT OFF ROAD INTO A
NEARBY FIELD. PASSENGERS ARE OK.
0555 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 SE DOUGLAS 44.09N 92.54W
06/28/2019 OLMSTED MN PUBLIC
FLASH FLOODING ALONG WEATHERSTONE DRIVE
NORTHWEST.
0542 AM FLASH FLOOD KASSON 44.02N 92.75W
06/28/2019 DODGE MN PUBLIC
HIGHWAY 14 FLOODED IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
0500 AM FLASH FLOOD 2 SW WASIOJA 44.06N 92.85W
06/28/2019 DODGE MN EMERGENCY MNGR
NUMEROUS REPORTS OF ROADS UNDER WATER
BEGINNING TO COME INTO DISPATCH ACROSS MUCH
OF NORTHERN DODGE COUNTY.
0458 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 S ROCHESTER 43.95N 92.47W
06/28/2019 OLMSTED MN PUBLIC
HIGHWAY US 63 FLOODED.
0430 AM FLASH FLOOD 4 N STEWARTVILLE 43.91N 92.50W
06/28/2019 OLMSTED MN OTHER FEDERAL
RUNWAYS FLOODED AT ROCHESTER INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT.
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| Byron, MN (Photo by Sara Johnson) |
Mantorville, MN (Photo by Sara Johnson) |
Kasson, MN (Photo by Cody Rysavy) |
Kasson, MN (Photo by Cody Rysavy) |
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| North of Fountain, MN (Photo by Lisa Hoover) |
North of Fountain, MN (Photo by Lisa Hoover) |
Highway 57 Kasson, MN (Photo by Josh Asfahl) |
605th st. outside Kasson,MN (Photo by Jeff Blumfield) |
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| West Side of Rochester, MN (Photo by Tim Hudson) |
Mantorville, MN (Photo by Tina Potter) |
Mantorville, MN (Photo by Tina Potter) |
Salem Corners (Photo by Megan Moskalik Hansen) |
Rain Reports
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| Preliminary Local 24-hour Rainfall Totals (ending Friday June 28 2019 @ 7 am) |
Preliminary Regional 24-hour Rainfall Totals ​(ending Friday June 28 2019 @ 7 am) |
Public Information Statement National Weather Service La Crosse WI 117 PM CDT Fri Jun 28 2019 ...24 HOUR PRECIPITATION REPORTS... Location Amount Time/Date Lat/Lon ...Iowa... ...Allamakee County... Postville 5.5 NE 1.71 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.14N/91.49W Monona 9.8 N 1.58 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.19N/91.35W Lansing 4.1 NW 1.55 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.40N/91.29W Upper Iowa River 0.90 in 0600 AM 06/28 43.42N/91.51W ...Chickasaw County... New Hampton 3.69 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.06N/92.32W New Hampton 0.4 SW 3.52 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.06N/92.32W ...Clayton County... Elkader 6SSW 2.00 in 0700 AM 06/28 42.78N/91.45W Monona 1.58 in 0849 AM 06/28 43.04N/91.39W McGregor 0.98 in 0847 AM 06/28 43.02N/91.19W ...Fayette County... Waucoma 3.2 S 2.44 in 0720 AM 06/28 43.01N/92.03W Oelwein 0.3 E 1.34 in 0946 AM 06/28 42.68N/91.91W Fayette 1.30 in 0645 AM 06/28 42.85N/91.82W ...Floyd County... Charles City 0.65 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.06N/92.67W Nashua 2SW 0.43 in 0600 AM 06/28 42.94N/92.57W Nora Springs 2.4 SSE 0.33 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.11N/92.99W ...Howard County... Cresco 1NE 2.76 in 0725 AM 06/28 43.39N/92.09W Elma 2.53 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.24N/92.44W Riceville 1.57 in 0845 AM 06/28 43.40N/92.50W ...Mitchell County... Osage 4.7 E 1.69 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.28N/92.72W Osage 1.58 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.28N/92.81W ...Winneshiek County... 7 ENE Decorah 2.75 in 0715 AM 06/28 43.34N/91.64W Decorah 1.78 in 0850 AM 06/28 43.30N/91.79W Fort Atkinson 0.2 SE 1.71 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.14N/91.93W ...Minnesota... ...Dodge County... Kasson 7.50 in 1039 AM 06/28 44.03N/92.75W Wasioja 6.30 in 0434 AM 06/28 44.08N/92.82W Mantorville 5.75 in 0721 AM 06/28 44.07N/92.76W Claremont 5.69 in 0748 AM 06/28 44.04N/93.00W Claremont 2.5 ESE 4.69 in 0737 AM 06/28 44.04N/92.95W Hayfield 0.3 SSE 2.81 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.89N/92.85W Hayfield 2.68 in 0847 AM 06/28 43.89N/92.85W ...Fillmore County... 5 WSW Cummingsville 5.02 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.84N/92.35W Chatfield 4.20 in 0744 AM 06/28 43.84N/92.19W Chatfield 0.7 SW 3.97 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.84N/92.20W Preston 3.2 NNE 3.80 in 0630 AM 06/28 43.71N/92.05W Harmony 3.80 in 0749 AM 06/28 43.55N/92.01W Chatfield 9.0 ESE 3.07 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.79N/92.03W Wykoff 3.1 NW 2.30 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.74N/92.31W Preston Airport 2.08 in 0836 AM 06/28 43.68N/92.17W 1 S Peterson 1.64 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.77N/91.83W ...Houston County... Mabel 2.7 E 2.31 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.51N/91.71W Brownsville 3.1 S 1.82 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.65N/91.28W La Crescent 0.7 N 1.76 in 0730 AM 06/28 43.84N/91.30W Caledonia 1.23 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.63N/91.50W Caledonia 5.4 S 1.05 in 0800 AM 06/28 43.56N/91.51W Houston 6.9 E 0.93 in 0745 AM 06/28 43.76N/91.43W ...Mower County... Austin Waste Water Treatment 0.69 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.65N/92.97W Austin 1.9 ENE 0.66 in 0800 AM 06/28 43.68N/92.94W Austin 2.7 W 0.50 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.68N/93.03W Austin 2.4 W 0.49 in 0658 AM 06/28 43.67N/93.02W ...Olmsted County... 2 S Predmore 7.30 in 0600 AM 06/28 43.90N/92.34W 2 SSW Rochester 7.25 in 0753 AM 06/28 43.99N/92.48W Byron 6.24 in 0633 AM 06/28 44.04N/92.64W 2 WSW Rochester 6.00 in 0944 AM 06/28 44.01N/92.51W Rochester Ap 2ne 5.99 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.93N/92.48W Rochester Intl Airport 5.63 in 0554 AM 06/28 43.90N/92.50W Rochester 4.68 in 0533 AM 06/28 44.01N/92.49W 3 S Rochester 4.51 in 0733 AM 06/28 43.97N/92.49W Rochester 3.2 WNW 4.27 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.04N/92.53W 2 SW Rochester 4.07 in 0504 AM 06/28 43.99N/92.50W 3 SE Douglas 3.30 in 0701 AM 06/28 44.08N/92.53W 2 NNW Rochester 3.28 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.05N/92.49W Mayo Helipad 2.99 in 0635 AM 06/28 44.02N/92.48W 4 ESE Douglas 2.82 in 0717 AM 06/28 44.08N/92.51W Rochester 4.1 ENE 2.81 in 0830 AM 06/28 44.04N/92.40W 1 W Chester 2.56 in 0558 AM 06/28 44.00N/92.38W Rochester 4.7 N 2.42 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.08N/92.48W Rochester 5.5 N 2.16 in 1000 AM 06/28 44.10N/92.47W 2 W High Forest 2.07 in 0500 AM 06/28 43.85N/92.59W Rochester 5.8 ENE 1.79 in 0840 AM 06/28 44.05N/92.37W ...Wabasha County... 1 SSE Lake City 4.60 in 0530 AM 06/28 44.43N/92.26W 1 W Reads Landing 3.80 in 0730 AM 06/28 44.40N/92.08W Lake City 3.14 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.44N/92.28W Wabasha 0.9 NNE 3.06 in 0743 AM 06/28 44.38N/92.03W Lake City 1.0 SE 2.98 in 0800 AM 06/28 44.43N/92.27W 4 N Millville 2.20 in 0540 AM 06/28 44.30N/92.28W Zumbro Falls 3.5 SSW 1.29 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.24N/92.46W Plainview 0.65 in 0639 AM 06/28 44.16N/92.17W ...Winona County... La Crescent Dam 7 1.47 in 0600 AM 06/28 43.87N/91.31W Winona 12.0 ESE 1.29 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.99N/91.44W Minnesota City 0.90 in 0600 AM 06/28 44.16N/91.81W Winona 1.3 SSW 0.90 in 0710 AM 06/28 44.03N/91.68W 4 SW Winona 0.87 in 0635 AM 06/28 43.98N/91.71W Winona 3.8 SE 0.85 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.02N/91.61W Winona 5.1 WSW 0.76 in 0800 AM 06/28 44.03N/91.77W Winona Dam 5A 0.74 in 0800 AM 06/28 44.09N/91.67W Stockton 0.67 in 0611 AM 06/28 44.03N/91.77W Altura 5w 0.66 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.06N/92.04W Lewiston 0.2 NW 0.61 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.99N/91.87W Saint Charles 0.61 in 1115 AM 06/28 43.97N/92.06W ...Wisconsin... ...Adams County... Oxford 4.0 W 2.54 in 0645 AM 06/28 43.79N/89.64W Castle Rock 2.02 in 0600 AM 06/28 43.87N/89.95W Grand Marsh 1.9 SSW 1.83 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.86N/89.72W Friendship 1.63 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.98N/89.83W Grand Marsh 1.0 W 1.02 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.89N/89.73W Nekoosa 8.0 SSE 1.01 in 0800 AM 06/28 44.21N/89.85W Petenwell Lake 0.98 in 1000 AM 06/28 44.08N/90.00W ...Buffalo County... Alma 3.50 in 0819 AM 06/28 44.32N/91.91W Alma Dam 4 3.15 in 0800 AM 06/28 44.33N/91.92W Mondovi 12.1 SSE 1.71 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.40N/91.60W Mondovi 0.5 NNE 1.00 in 0630 AM 06/28 44.58N/91.66W Cochrane 0.93 in 0639 AM 06/28 44.22N/91.83W ...Crawford County... De Soto 1SE 1.51 in 0600 AM 06/28 43.42N/91.19W De Soto 1.15 in 0636 AM 06/28 43.42N/91.19W Gays Mills 0.99 in 0800 AM 06/28 43.32N/90.85W Gays Mills 6.1 SE 0.92 in 0800 AM 06/28 43.26N/90.76W Gays Mills 0.3 SE 0.90 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.32N/90.85W 1 NNE Prairie Du Chien 0.70 in 0820 AM 06/28 43.05N/91.13W Prairie Du Chien 0.69 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.05N/91.13W ...Grant County... Muscoda 0.5 WSW 0.50 in 0941 AM 06/28 43.18N/90.44W Boscobel 0.48 in 0803 AM 06/28 43.15N/90.68W Fennimore 0.45 in 0850 AM 06/28 42.98N/90.66W ...Jackson County... Melrose 3.25 in 0656 AM 06/28 44.13N/91.00W 1 E Black River Falls 1.83 in 0615 AM 06/28 44.30N/90.73W Mather 3NW 1.45 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.17N/90.35W ...Juneau County... Mauston 1SE 2.82 in 0800 AM 06/28 43.79N/90.06W Mauston 2.04 in 0852 AM 06/28 43.80N/90.07W ...La Crosse County... Onalaska 0.6 SW 1.67 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.88N/91.23W La Crosse 4.4 SSE 1.63 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.77N/91.21W St. Joseph 3W 1.60 in 0639 AM 06/28 43.78N/91.10W La Crosse 4NNW 1.49 in 0730 AM 06/28 43.87N/91.27W West Salem 1.35 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.90N/91.09W Onalaska 2N 1.34 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.91N/91.23W La Crosse Regional Airport 1.30 in 0553 AM 06/28 43.88N/91.25W ...Monroe County... Wilton 4.2 E 2.45 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.81N/90.44W Sparta 2.35 in 0800 AM 06/28 43.94N/90.82W Warrens 4WSW 2.16 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.10N/90.59W Cashton 4.8 N 1.35 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.81N/90.76W ...Richland County... 1 SSE Richland Center 0.77 in 0849 AM 06/28 43.32N/90.38W Cazenovia 4.3 WNW 0.50 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.54N/90.28W ...Taylor County... Gad 1.13 in 1000 AM 06/28 45.14N/90.20W Medford 0.80 in 0800 AM 06/28 45.13N/90.34W 3 NE Lublin 0.41 in 0614 AM 06/28 45.11N/90.69W Medford 0.30 in 0633 AM 06/28 45.30N/90.30W ...Trempealeau County... Ettrick 4WNW 3.11 in 0737 AM 06/28 44.19N/91.34W 2 S Arcadia 2.60 in 0640 AM 06/28 44.22N/91.49W Galesville 1.0 NE 2.24 in 0600 AM 06/28 44.10N/91.34W Trempealeau Dam 6 1.46 in 0600 AM 06/28 44.00N/91.44W 1 NW Trempealeau 1.35 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.03N/91.46W Trempealeau 7.6 NNW 1.03 in 0700 AM 06/28 44.11N/91.48W ...Vernon County... 2 NE Genoa 2.80 in 0838 AM 06/28 43.59N/91.21W Stoddard 0.1 SW 2.18 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.66N/91.22W Genoa Dam 8 2.02 in 0600 AM 06/28 43.57N/91.23W Viroqua 0.7 WNW 1.97 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.56N/90.90W Viroqua 0.8 ESE 1.83 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.55N/90.87W Viroqua 1.80 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.56N/90.88W Ontario 3e 1.20 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.72N/90.53W Westby 3ENE 1.00 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.67N/90.81W Hillsboro 0.5 WSW 0.60 in 0700 AM 06/28 43.65N/90.35W Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. We thank all volunteer weather observers for their dedication. Not all data listed are considered official. $$
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