Headline
Flash flood emergency: 100 to 200+ year rainfall hammers metro
United States
![](/sites/default/files/styles/content_header_image/public/headlines/updraft-opengraph.png.webp?itok=aAb-wdq1)
Wednesday’s long forecast flash flood event delivered. Rainfall totals of 3″ to 10″ hammered parts of the [Twin Cities] metro Wednesday evening...
In Maple Grove, 3.5-inches came down in an hour. That’s the equivalent of a 1 in 100-year flood according to NOAA’s ATLAS 14 rainfall recurrence tables. Totals near 10″ are being reported in Maple Grove. That could translate into a 1 in 500 to 1,000-year rainfall event when the final tallies come in.
Source: @MPRweather
Related Content
Headline
![](/sites/default/files/styles/card_resource/public/headlines/650x366_09271738_ap_16271627522533.jpg?itok=0d400Nau)
Sep 27, 2016 | AccuWeather
Iowans stack over 250,000 sandbags in Cedar Rapids to offset river flooding
Headline
![](/sites/default/files/styles/card_resource/public/headlines/6796c0-20160922-mn-flood202.jpg?itok=VAKmtI5p)
Sep 27, 2016 | MPR News via Associated Press
Flood damage estimates rise in Waseca
Headline
![](/sites/default/files/styles/card_resource/public/headlines/faribault-flooding1.jpg?itok=jJs2Kl9c)
Sep 27, 2016 | CBS Local
Flooded Faribault Bracing For More Rain
Headline
![](/sites/default/files/styles/card_resource/public/headlines/a575ad6e-7ea8-11e6-9f68-776e0a2658c1.jpg?itok=PzPGyERb)
Sep 27, 2016 | PostBulletin via Associated Press
Heavy rains slow harvest across Minnesota