Minnesota, 2001

Flood in Minnesota, July 1 to 31, 2001

July 1 to 31, 2001 · NWS FGF · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 flood, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 1 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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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$250,000
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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 30, 7:20 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 30, 7:20 PM CST, 4 hours 40 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
820 PM CDT SAT JUN 30 2001

.CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL OVERVIEW...
01Z MSAS ANALYSIS DEPICTED HIGH PRESSURE FROM EASTERN SASK PROVINCE
TO THE DAKOTAS. LATEST SATELLITE AND RADAR MOSAIC INDICATED SOME
UPPER LEVEL JET INDUCED (RIGHT REAR QUAD) SHOWER ACTIVITY (SOME IN
THE FORM OF VIRGA) STREAKING EASTWARD ACROSS SOUTHERN TIER ZONES OF
CWA.

.FORECAST DETAILS...
WILL KEEP WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWER THREAT ACROSS SOUTHERN TIER
COUNTIES FIRST PART OF TONIGHT. OTHERWISE VERY COOL OVERNIGHT ON TAP
FOR REGION AS CLOSE PROXIMITY TO CANADIAN HIGH SETS UP IDEAL
RADIATIONAL COOLING CONDITIONS. NEAR RECORD LOWS NOT OUT OF THE REALM
OF POSSIBILITY. INHERITED FORECAST PRETTY MUCH ADDRESSES ONGOING
SITUATION WITH ONLY SOME MINOR REVISIONS NEEDED.

.FGF...NONE.

BERG

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.

Flood, Lake of the Woods

When
July 1, 12:00 AM CST to July 31, 11:59 PM CST
Where
Lake of the Woods forecast zone
Property damage
$250,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
48.771, -94.905 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High water on Lake of the Woods and the Rainy River caused major damage to numerous resort and home owners. Docks were covered in water and several resort owners hauled in rocks to prevent further erosion of their lakefront property.

What these are

Flood
Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

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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: 5260729.