Flash Flood, Fillmore
- When
- July 10, 1:00 AM CST to 10:45 AM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 10, 2000
After 3 to 4 inches of rain hit the area during the early morning of July 9, similar amounts in the early morning hours of July 10 caused extensive flash flooding, especially in Spring Valley. 50 residents of a nursing home had to be evacuated due to rapidly rising flood waters.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $150,000
- Crop damage
- $100,000
- 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.
After 3 to 4 inches of rain hit the area during the early morning of July 9, similar amounts in the early morning hours of July 10 caused extensive flash flooding, especially in Spring Valley. 50 residents of a nursing home had to be evacuated due to rapidly rising flood waters. In a separate incident, two individuals had to be rescued when they tried to cross a flooded area on foot. Low spots in fields became swollen rivers, flattening acres and acres of corn.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Ohio, July 10 to 11, 2000
- Heat in South Carolina, July 10, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Ohio, July 10, 2000
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Wisconsin, July 10, 2000
- Flooding in Iowa, July 10 to 15, 2000
- Flood in Minnesota, July 10 to 11, 2000
- Tornadoes and Damaging Winds in Maryland, July 10, 2000
- Flooding in Minnesota, July 10 to 13, 2000
- Flash Flood and Damaging Winds in West Virginia, July 10, 2000
- Tornado and Flash Flooding in Montana, July 10, 2000
- Hail in Kansas, July 10, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Illinois, July 10, 2000
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 2000Every state in 2000This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 2000
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: 5176066.