Flash Flood, Mower
- When
- June 1, 12:00 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Mower County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $1.3 million
- Crop damage
- $400,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flooding in Minnesota, June 1, 2000
3 to 6 inches of rain fell during the night of May 31 into the morning hours of June 1, causing widespread flash flooding. Hardest hit was Spring Valley (Fillmore County), where residents of 25 homes had to be evacuated and people in 3 homes were rescued by boat.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $4.3 million
- Crop damage
- $1.2 million
- 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.
3 to 6 inches of rain fell during the night of May 31 into the morning hours of June 1, causing widespread flash flooding. Hardest hit was Spring Valley (Fillmore County), where residents of 25 homes had to be evacuated and people in 3 homes were rescued by boat. The flood was the worst in Spring Valley since 1942. Near Eitzen (Houston County), flood waters washed out a 20 foot wide, 15 foot deep section of county highway 27. Between Dexter and Austin (Mower County), Interstate 90 had to be temporarily closed due to 2 to 3 feet of water across the road. Total property damage was estimated at 4.3 million dollars, with an additional estimate of 1.2 million dollars in damage to crops. As a result, Mower, Fillmore and Houston County were declared federal disaster areas.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Flash Flood, Fillmore
- When
- June 1, 1:16 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $1.8 million
- Crop damage
- $500,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flash Flood, Houston
- When
- June 1, 3:55 AM CST to 7:00 PM CST
- Where
- Houston County, Countywide
- Property damage
- $1.2 million
- Crop damage
- $300,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.671, -91.493 (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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Drought in Georgia, June 1 to 30, 2000
- Tornadoes and Hail in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Lightning Strike in Texas, June 1, 2000
- Rip Current in California, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
- Damaging Winds in Michigan, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 1, 2000
- Flooding in North Dakota, June 1 to 30, 2000
- Tornado and Hail in Iowa, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Iowa, June 1, 2000
- Flash Flooding in Wisconsin, June 1, 2000
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: 5151859, 5151860, 5151954.