The seemingly endless parade of storms continued over southern Minnesota during the late evening hours of June 17th to the early morning hours of July 18th. This time the Mankato area was especially hard hit with 24-hour rainfall totals of up to five inches reported just south of Mankato. In addition, strong winds with the storms uprooted trees that were standing in already moist soil. A mud slide closed one lane of Highway 169 between St. Peter to Mankato during the morning hours of the 18th.
With the additional rains from these storms the June rainfall at Luverne as of June 18 is now at 12.91 inches. The state record is 15.63 inches at Mapleton in 2010.
Below are storm reports and public information statements and storm reports from the National Weather Service.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 817 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0230 AM TSTM WND DMG 4 WNW NEW ULM 44.34N 94.53W 06/18/2014 BROWN MN TRAINED SPOTTER 40 BY 60 FT POLE BUILDING LEVELED NEAR INTERSECTION OF COUNTY HIGHWAY 29 AND 12 PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 758 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 WNW EAGLE LAKE 44.17N 93.91W 06/18/2014 E5.08 INCH BLUE EARTH MN COOP OBSERVER MEASURED 4 MILES E OF MANKATO AT KTOE. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 731 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN NORTH MANKATO 44.18N 94.03W 06/18/2014 M3.51 INCH NICOLLET MN COOP OBSERVER PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 403 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0317 AM TSTM WND DMG ALDEN 43.67N 93.58W 06/18/2014 FREEBORN MN 911 CALL CENTER PART OF ROOF BLOWN OFF. POWER OUT IN TOWN. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 239 AM CDT WED JUN 18 2014 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0233 AM TSTM WND GST NEW ULM AIRPORT 44.32N 94.50W 06/18/2014 M56.00 MPH BROWN MN AWOS