Minnesota, 1997Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24, 1997
June 24, 1997 · NWS FGF · 3 events in 2 counties and zones
3 flash flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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.
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- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $250,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- 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.
Flash Flood, Polk
- When
- June 24, 4:30 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Maple Lake
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Coordinates
- 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Six inches of rain caused a hill to erode, dumping two inches of mud and water on the floor of a resort store. Two boats at the resort were sunk due to the heavy rain.
Flash Flood, Polk
- When
- June 24, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Polk County, Erskine
- Property damage
- $200,000
- Coordinates
- 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Seven inches of rain caused many basements to fill with several inches to several feet of water. Several township roads were also washed out.
Flash Flood, Clearwater
- When
- June 24, 5:30 AM CST
- Where
- Clearwater County, Gonvick
- Coordinates
- 47.578, -95.379 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Several roads were washed out due to the heavy rain.
- 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.
- Heat in Pennsylvania, June 24 to 26, 19971 death · 3 events
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 19975 injured · $654,000 · 74 kt wind · 30 events
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 1997$2.6 million · 1 in hail · 6 events
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 24, 1997$1.1 million · 1 event
- Flood in Nebraska, June 24 to 25, 1997$200,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 24, 1997$140,000 · 60 kt wind · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997$39,000 · 65 kt wind · 27 events
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 24, 1997$75,000 · 1 event
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997$22,000 · F1 · 2 events
- Flood in Florida, June 24, 1997$50,000 · 1 event
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 24, 1997$36,000 · 7 events
- Damaging Wind in Florida, June 24, 1997$20,000 · 1 event
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: 5600986, 5600988, 5600987.