Flash Flood, Lake
- When
- June 24, 4:00 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Lake County, Two Harbors
- Coordinates
- 47.523, -91.409 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24, 1997
A band of heavy rain developed from downtown Duluth to just north of Two Harbors. Nearly five and a half inches of rain fell in Duluth's Lakeside neighborhood earlier in the day.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 2 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
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 2
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 DLH wrote it up.
A band of heavy rain developed from downtown Duluth to just north of Two Harbors. Nearly five and a half inches of rain fell in Duluth's Lakeside neighborhood earlier in the day. The steep hillside in Duluth helped create torrents of water that closed many streets, forced up manhole covers, and overwhelmed sanitary sewers. The rushing water washed out railroad tracks and ripped the asphalt right off the roads. Many roads and driveways along State Highway 61 between Duluth and Two Harbors were either washed out or had standing water through the evening.
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 97 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:01 UTC.
Event by event
2 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, St. Louis
- When
- June 24, 4:00 PM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- St. Louis County, Duluth
- Coordinates
- 47.590, -92.461 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- 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 Pennsylvania, June 24 to 26, 1997
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Nebraska, June 24, 1997
- Flash Flood in Nebraska, June 24, 1997
- Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 24, 1997
- Flood in Nebraska, June 24 to 25, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Kansas, June 24, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Florida, June 24, 1997
- Tornado and Lightning Strike in Wisconsin, June 24, 1997
- Flood in Florida, June 24, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 24, 1997
More
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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: 5607867, 5607868.