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Event Flood
-- Flood Cause Heavy Rain
State MINNESOTA
County/Area RED LAKE
WFO FGF
Begin Date 06/14/2007 20:00:00 CST-6
Begin Range 0
Begin Azimuth N
Begin Location OKLEE
Begin Lat/Lon 47.83/-95.87
End Date 06/20/2007 13:00:00 CST-6
Deaths Direct/Indirect 0/0 (fatality details below, when available...)
Injuries Direct/Indirect 0/0
Property Damage 0.00K
Crop Damage 0.00K
Episode Narrative A band of showers and thunderstorms moved across western and central North Dakota, then stalled as they reached southeast North Dakota and portions of northwest Minnesota. Although the rainfall did thin out several times, it fell nearly continuously over this same area from the 13th through the 14th. An estimated 5 to 6 inches of rain fell from Fosston to Gully to Oklee.
Event Narrative Basement flooding was reported in the Oklee area from the steady rain. The Lost River at Oklee jumped from around 4.9 feet on the morning of the 13th to 13.7 feet in the evening of the 15th, a total of about 9 feet.


All events for this episode:

Location County/Zone St. Date Time T.Z. Type Mag Dth Inj PrD CrD
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
FOSSTON POLK CO. MN 06/14/2007 20:00 CST-6 Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
CLEARBROOK CLEARWATER CO. MN 06/14/2007 20:00 CST-6 Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
OKLEE RED LAKE CO. MN 06/14/2007 20:00 CST-6 Flood 0 0 0.00K 0.00K
Totals: 0 0 0.00K 0.00K