Flash Flood, Olmsted
- When
- August 23, 12:30 PM CST to 1:30 PM CST
- Where
- Olmsted County, Dover
- Property damage
- $1,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Minnesota, August 23, 1999
The Whitewater River rose to nearly 8 feet above its normal depth after more than 6 inches of rain fell in less than two hours. The flooding caused no major damage, although three horses were stranded in a pasture before being rescued.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $1,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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.
The Whitewater River rose to nearly 8 feet above its normal depth after more than 6 inches of rain fell in less than two hours. The flooding caused no major damage, although three horses were stranded in a pasture before being rescued.
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 99 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 18:29 UTC.
Event by event
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Oklahoma, August 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding in Puerto Rico, August 23, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 31, 1999
- Flash Flood in Colorado, August 23, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 23, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Texas, August 23 to 24, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 29, 1999
- Wildfire in California, August 23 to 29, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Maine, August 23, 1999
- Flood and Damaging Winds in Illinois, August 23, 1999
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Virginia, August 23, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, August 1999
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: 5710130.