After a thunderstorm rolled through the Twin Cities that created severe flash floods, MPR’s Tom Crann asks meteorologist Paul Huttner about the moisture conditions and urban landscape environment that made for the ingredients for flash flooding.
On July, 6, 2016, up to 3 inches of rain fell in some parts of the metropolitan area, along with strong winds. About 250,000 Xcel Energy customers lost power, cars were submerged, and structural damage littered streets.