Duluth Minnesota Flooding of June 20, 2012
Subject: Duluth Minnesota Flooding of June 20 , 2012 The images come from this Duluth Link. Radar Map A series of "training" thunderstorms that all passed over the same region have dumped 4 - 5 inches of rain over a wide swath of Northern Minnesota overnight and early this morning. Nearly 8 inches of rain fell in the Denfeld area of western Duluth . This is more rain than fell in the city's previous worst flood on record, which occurred August 20 , 1972. Major flooding is occurring, and only emergency travel is recommended in the city due to flooded roads. system and the saturated ground cannot take much more rain. According to wunderground's weather historian, Christopher C. Burt, the all-time 24 hour precipitation record for Duluth is 5.79" on 8/22 - 8/23 1978; 4.14" was recorded on Tuesday at the airport. Water overflows from a stor...