Flood, Fillmore
- When
- July 19, 9:00 AM CST to 1:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, Rushford
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood and Flooding in Minnesota, July 19, 1997
Torrential rains caused a 2 foot wall of water to rush down Gavin Brook. Local law enforcement officials and spotters reported mudslides and water covering portions of Highway 14.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Events
- 3
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Torrential rains caused a 2 foot wall of water to rush down Gavin Brook. Local law enforcement officials and spotters reported mudslides and water covering portions of Highway 14.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 74 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 14:58 UTC.
Event by event
2 flood, 1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flood, Winona
- When
- July 19, 9:30 AM CST to 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Lewiston
- Coordinates
- 43.987, -91.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Winona
- When
- July 19, 9:42 AM CST to 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Winona County, Lewiston
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Crop damage
- $30,000
- Coordinates
- 43.987, -91.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
- Flash Flood
- Flooding that begins within six hours of the rain that causes it, or of a dam or levee failure or ice jam release, often with deadly speed.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Texas, July 19 to 30, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, July 19, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, July 19, 1997
- Wildfire in New Jersey, July 19 to 20, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Missouri, July 19, 1997
- Tornado and Damaging Winds in Illinois, July 19, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Illinois, July 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds and Lightning Strike in Iowa, July 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 19, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Colorado, July 19, 1997
- Damaging Winds in North Carolina, July 19, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Colorado, July 19, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5606842, 5606843, 5606841.