Flash Flood, Fillmore
- When
- May 8, 8:30 PM CST to 10:00 PM CST
- Where
- Fillmore County, 5 mi E of Preston
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Reported by
- EMERGENCY MANAGER
- Coordinates
- 43.683, -91.983
Flash Flood in Minnesota, May 8, 2006
Excessive rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in less than two hours caused localized flash flooding near Preston along Duschee Creek. Rain swollen streams were reported to have deposited large amounts of top soil in pastures alongside the creek.
Where it happened
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- Wind
- Hail
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- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $2,000
- 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.
Excessive rainfall amounts of 2 to 3 inches in less than two hours caused localized flash flooding near Preston along Duschee Creek. Rain swollen streams were reported to have deposited large amounts of top soil in pastures alongside the creek. In addition, hail from the same storm was formed into hail glaciers by the force of the flood waters.
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 La Crosse, WI wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at May 8, 1:35 PM CST, 6 hours 55 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 1:35 PM CST, 6 hours 55 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 235 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 .SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY FORECAST PROBLEM IS ON PROLONGED PERIOD OF PRECIPITATION PROBABILITIES WITH SLOW MOVING UPPER LONG WAVE TROUGH AND EVENTUAL CUTOFF CIRCULATION STUCK OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST. 18Z SURFACE ANALYSIS SHOWS THE COLD FRONT REACHING FROM NEAR WINNIPEG DOWN ACROSS THE EASTERN DAKOTAS INTO CENTRAL NEB AND WESTERN KS. VISIBLE SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWING A GOOD DEAL OF CLOUD OUT AHEAD OF THE FRONT IN BROAD AREA OF WARM AND MOIST ADVECTION. SOME SHOWERS ALSO IN THIS...MAINLY OVER WI AND SOUTHEAST MN. 12Z 08MAY06 MODEL SOLUTIONS ARE IN GOOD AGREEMENT THROUGH MUCH OF THE SHORT RANGE PERIOD...BUT SHOW SOME DIFFERENCES WITH TIMING AS WE MOVE BEYOND WEDNESDAY. NAM FASTER IN BRINGING IN COOL AIR SURGE. MEDIUM RANGE MODELS SUPPORT GFS IN THIS REGARD. SCATTERED LIGHT SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TO BE A POSSIBILITY THIS EVENING AS WARM ADVECTION AND THETA-E ADVECTION CONTINUE ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA. SIGNIFICANT LIFT HARD TO FIND HOWEVER...LIMITING CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL. EXPECT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO FOCUS NEARER TO THE FRONT WEST OF THE AREA THIS EVENING...SPREADING EAST INTO THE FORECAST AREA LATER ON. TIMING OF THIS WILL KEEP SEVERE CHANCES AT A MINIMUM. WITH INABILITY TO PIN DOWN THE CHANCES THIS EVENING...OPTED TO GO LIKELY WITH ALL OF TONIGHT FOR SIMPLICITY. BOUNDARY LOOKS TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY MORNING...WITH THE BULK OF THE RAIN ALONG AND EAST OF IT. WILL LIKELY SEE SOME PERIODS WITHOUT RAIN...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...BUT HARD TO PIN DOWN JUST WHEN WITH THE UPPER LOW TAKING UP RESIDENCE OVER THE AREA AND ABUNDANT SMALLER SHORT WAVES ROTATING ABOUT IT. MORE SIGNIFICANT WAVE MOVES THROUGH THE CENTRAL PLAINS AND WRAPS UP INTO THE GREAT LAKES BY THURSDAY...AND WHEN THIS WAVE DUMB-BELLS AROUND THE CUTOFF...WE SHOULD SEE SOME BACK DOOR EFFECTS WITH PRECIPITATION WRAPPING BACK WEST INTO THE AREA FROM THE EAST. .LONG TERM...THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH THROUGH MONDAY ATTENTION THROUGH THIS PERIOD REMAINS ON THE PERSISTENT UPPER TROUGH/CUTOFF THAT WILL REINFORCE AND SPIN AROUND THE REGION INTO THE WEEKEND. SIGNIFICANT SHORT WAVE ENERGY MOVES ACROSS SOUTHERN CANADA AND DROPS INTO THE TROUGH...REINFORCING IT AND ALLOWING IT TO RETROGRADE AGAIN. TREND THE PAST FEW RUNS HAS BEEN TO LINGER ITS EFFECTS LONGER FOR THE AREA. BUT STILL SOME UNCERTAINTY ON JUST HOW LONG IT WILL HANG AROUND. OPTED NOT TO ADD ADDITIONAL RAIN CHANCES BEYOND SATURDAY...ALTHOUGH I WAS TEMPTED. IN FACT...IF THIS TREND CONTINUES...RAIN CHANCES MAY HAVE TO BE ADDED FROM SATURDAY RIGHT ON THROUGH MONDAY. ONE OTHER ITEM OF NOTE REGARDS PRECIPITATION TYPE CONCERNS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY NIGHT. TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE 30S UNDER THE COLD CORE OF THE SYSTEM...AND ANY PRECIPITATION THAT FALLS WILL START OUT AS SNOW ALOFT. MODEL SOUNDINGS TODAY SHOW A LITTLE WARMER AIR IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER THAN YESTERDAY...WHICH WOULD MELT ALL THE SNOW INTO RAIN BEFORE IT REACHED THE GROUND. AGAIN...DID NOT INTRODUCE THE /S/ WORD TO THE FORECAST AT THIS TIME...BUT IT CONTINUES TO BEAR WATCHING. && .ARX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... WI...NONE. MN...NONE. IA...NONE. && MW
Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 7:52 PM CST, 38 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI 852 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 WIZ017-029-032>034-041>044-053>055-061-091100- ADAMS-BUFFALO-CLARK-CRAWFORD-GRANT-JACKSON-JUNEAU-LA CROSSE-MONROE- RICHLAND-TAYLOR-TREMPEALEAU-VERNON- 852 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AFTER MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS SLOW TREK EASTWARD ON TUESDAY... MOVING INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE...THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY NOT ANTICIPATED WITH ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. IAZ008>011-018-019-029-030-MNZ079-086>088-094>096-091100- ALLAMAKEE-CHICKASAW-CLAYTON-DODGE-FAYETTE-FILLMORE-FLOYD-HOUSTON- HOWARD-MITCHELL-MOWER-OLMSTED-WABASHA-WINNESHIEK-WINONA- 852 PM CDT MON MAY 8 2006 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... AND NORTHEAST IOWA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHEAST IOWA TONIGHT. THIS FRONT WILL PRODUCE OCCASIONAL THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LARGE HAIL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY THE COLD FRONT WILL CONTINUE ITS SLOW TREK EASTWARD ON TUESDAY... MOVING INTO THE EASTERN GREAT LAKES ON WEDNESDAY. MEANWHILE...THE AREA OF LOW PRESSURE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FRONT WILL LINGER ACROSS THE GREAT LAKES THROUGH THURSDAY...CONTINUING THE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS CURRENTLY NOT ANTICIPATED WITH ANY OF THIS ACTIVITY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT. .EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT COORDINATION... NO CALL IS SCHEDULED. BOYNE
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 8, 7:14 PM CST, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
814 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0803 PM HAIL CHERRY GROVE 43.58N 92.28W
05/08/2006 M1.00 INCH FILLMORE MN PUBLIC
&&
ELSENLocal storm report, May 8, 7:28 PM CST, 1 hour 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
828 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL 4 W LYLE 43.51N 93.02W
05/08/2006 M1.00 INCH MOWER MN PUBLIC
A LOT OF HAIL. STILL SOME ON THE GROUND AT 815 PM.
&&
ELSENLocal storm report, May 8, 7:30 PM CST, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
830 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM HAIL 2 WSW LYLE 43.49N 92.98W
05/08/2006 M1.25 INCH MITCHELL IA PUBLIC
&&
ELSENLocal storm report, May 8, 7:45 PM CST, 45 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
845 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0415 PM HAIL 1 W AUSTIN 43.67N 92.99W
05/08/2006 M0.50 INCH MOWER MN PUBLIC
0840 PM HAIL 3 NW HARMONY 43.59N 92.05W
05/08/2006 M0.75 INCH FILLMORE MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
&&
ELSENLocal storm report, May 8, 7:58 PM CST, 32 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
858 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0856 PM HAIL 3 N HARMONY 43.60N 92.01W
05/08/2006 M0.75 INCH FILLMORE MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
HAIL COMING DOWN HEAVILY
&&
ELSENLocal storm report, May 8, 8:13 PM CST, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI
913 PM CDT MON MAY 08 2006
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0910 PM HAIL 2 NE AMHERST 43.63N 91.89W
05/08/2006 M0.75 INCH FILLMORE MN TRAINED SPOTTER
LOTS OF HAIL...COVERING THE GROUND AND RAIN HAS FILLED
DITCHES.
&&
ELSENThe 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
- Damaging Winds in Florida, May 8 to 9, 2006
- Flood and Hail in Kansas, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Iowa, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Lightning Strike in Wyoming, May 8, 2006
- Hail in Kansas, May 8 to 9, 2006
- Hail in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Hail in Mississippi, May 8, 2006
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 8, 2006
- Flash Flooding and Flood in Kansas, May 8 to 9, 2006
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: 5502738.