On May 24-25, The weather over Minnesota continued to be influenced by a slow moving cold front with a strong area of low pressure over North Dakota. Heavy rains fell over northwest Minnesota later on the 24th, into the early morning hours of the 25th. The heavy rains caused township roads to flood in eastern Pennington, Red Lake and Marshall Counties. The most rain reported so far was near Goodridge in eastern Pennington County with 5.50 inches. The Red Lake River near High Landing rose 5.4 feet in 24 hours, but stayed below flood stage.
A strong line of winds from stalled thunderstorms over eastern South Dakota swept across Minnesota during the overnight hours and brought much drier air. This line of winds reached the Twin Cities around 3am and the dew point temperature dropped 16 degrees at the Twin Cities International Airport from a muggy 66 at 3am to a tolerable 50 by 4am. The brief, gusty winds did cause some isolated damage. A tree fell on a home in Grove City in Meeker County.
Below is a Local Storm Report courtesy the National Weather Service
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
155 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0147 AM TSTM WND DMG GROVE CITY 45.15N 94.68W
05/25/2010 MEEKER MN COUNTY OFFICIAL
LARGE TREE TOPPLED OVER HOME.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
950 AM CDT TUE MAY 25 2010
...MORNING RAINFALL ROUNDUP...
THE FOLLOWING ARE RAIN AMOUNTS FOR THE PREVIOUS 24-HOURS
AS MEASURED IN THE MORNING BY NWS COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS.
OBSERVATIONS ARE USUALLY TAKEN AT 7 AM.
24-HOUR RAINFALL AMOUNTS
FOR TUESDAY(05/25/10)...
MINNESOTA RAIN
LOCATION (COUNTY): FALL (IN)
EUCLID (POLK)................................3.50
LANCASTER (KITTSON)..........................3.27
ASOS @ BAUDETTE (LAKE OF THE WOODS)..........3.13
RED LAKE FALLS (RED LAKE)....................2.91
CROOKSTON (POLK).............................2.82
CAMP NORRIS DNR (BELTRAMI)...................2.43
AWOS @ THIEF RIVER FALLS (PENNINGTON)........2.40
WARROAD (ROSEAU).............................2.00
AWOS @ HALLOCK (KITTSON).....................1.69
ARGYLE (MARSHALL)............................1.55
NDAWN @ STEPHEN (MARSHALL)...................1.51
HUMBOLT (KITTSON)............................1.50
GREENBUSH (ROSEAU)...........................1.45
AWOS @ WARROAD (LAKE OF THE WOODS)...........1.34
AWOS @ FLAG ISLAND (LAKE OF THE WOODS).......1.15
LONG LOST LAKE (CLEARWATER)..................1.10
HALSTAD (NORMAN).............................0.63
BEMIDJI (BELTRAMI)...........................0.53
WASKISH (BELTRAMI)...........................0.53
AWOS @ WASKISH (BELTRAMI)....................0.24
ROTHSAY (WILKIN).............................0.18
AWOS @ FERGUS FALLS (OTTER TAIL).............0.16
HENDRUM (NORMAN).............................0.16
NDAWN @ PERLEY (NORMAN)......................0.15
AWOS @ ROSEAU (ROSEAU).......................0.11
AWOS @ ELBOW LAKE AWOS (GRANT)...............0.08
PELICAN RAPIDS (OTTER TAIL)..................0.07
AWOS @ DETROIT LAKES (BECKER)................0.05
AWOS @ FOSSTON (POLK)........................0.03
TAMARAC WILDLIFE REFUGE (BECKER).............0.03
DALTON 3S (OTTER TAIL).......................0.01
ASOS @ PARK RAPIDS (HUBBARD).................0.01
SEBEKA (WADENA).............................TRACE
WADENA (WADENA).............................TRACE
RAWS = REMOTE AUTOMATED WEATHER STATION
AWOS = AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSWERVATION STATION
ASOS = AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION STATION
NDAWN= NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL WEATHER NETWORK