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Aug 22, 2007 8:09 am US/Central

Rainfall Totals In SE Minn. May Set New Record

Slideshow: Flooding In SE Minn.

Minneapolis (AP) ― The heavy rains that caused the severe flooding in southeastern Minnesota may have set a new record.

The National Weather Service says one measurement for the 24-hour total from Saturday to Sunday was 15.1 inches in Houston County. If the State Climate Extremes Committee approves that value, it will be a new 24-hour rainfall record for Minnesota.

It would shatter the old record. Back on July 22, 1972, 10.84 inches of rain was measured at Fort Ripley in Crow Wing County.

The Weather Service said the one-day total of just over 15 inches was barely two inches less than the state record for an entire month -- which was 17.9 inches in July 1987.

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