▁Bo one ▁County , ▁Iowa ▁reached ▁$ 1 5 0 , 0 0 0 ▁in ▁road ▁damage ▁and ▁an ▁additional ▁$ 1   mill ion ▁damage ▁to ▁a ▁scen ic ▁rail road . ▁ ▁Minnesota ▁ ▁A ▁large ▁sw ath ▁of ▁heavy ▁rain ▁fell ▁across ▁most ▁of ▁southern ▁Minnesota ▁during ▁Saturday , ▁August ▁ 1 8 , ▁and ▁Sunday , ▁August ▁ 1 9 , ▁with ▁the ▁highest ▁tot als ▁in ▁the ▁far ▁sout heast ▁count ies ▁of ▁the ▁state . ▁ ▁Tw enty - four - hour ▁ra inf all ▁tot als ▁of ▁ 1 5 . 1 0   in ches   ( 3 8 4   mm ) ▁were ▁recorded ▁in ▁H ok ah , ▁which ▁easily ▁broke ▁the ▁old ▁state ▁record ▁of ▁ 1 0 . 8 4   in ches   ( 2 7 5   mm ). ▁ ▁An ▁uno fficial ▁twenty - four - hour ▁total ▁of ▁over ▁ 1 7   in ches   ( 4 3 2   mm ) ▁was ▁recorded ▁near ▁C aled onia . ▁ ▁During ▁the ▁entire ▁week end ▁ra inf all ▁event , ▁parts ▁or ▁all ▁of ▁ 2 8 ▁count ies ▁in ▁Minnesota ▁received ▁at ▁least ▁ 4   in ches   ( 1 0 2   mm ) ▁of ▁rain . ▁ ▁The ▁highest ▁total ▁for ▁the ▁entire ▁event ▁was ▁ 1 8 . 1 7   in ches   ( 4 6 2   mm ) ▁near ▁La ▁C res cent . ▁ ▁S out heast