High Wind, Douglas
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Douglas forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.934, -95.453 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Minnesota, February 10 to 11, 1996
Intense low pressure tracked across northern Minnesota resulting in strong winds in excess of 35 mph with gusts over 50 mph at times. The winds blew cars across highway 14, west of the town of New Ulm.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 28 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 28
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.
Intense low pressure tracked across northern Minnesota resulting in strong winds in excess of 35 mph with gusts over 50 mph at times. The winds blew cars across highway 14, west of the town of New Ulm. A grain dryer was blown over in Sleepy Eye. Scattered damage was also reported in the town of Springfield where shingles were torn off roofs and siding ripped off buildings. A roof was ripped off a store in Willmar.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
28 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Stevens
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Stevens forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.586, -96.000 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pope
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pope forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.586, -95.444 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lac Qui Parle
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lac Qui Parle forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.996, -96.173 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Swift
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Swift forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.283, -95.681 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Chippewa
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Chippewa forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.022, -95.567 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Kandiyohi
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Kandiyohi forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 45.152, -95.005 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Yellow Medicine
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Yellow Medicine forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.716, -95.868 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Brown
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Brown forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.242, -94.727 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Watonwan
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Watonwan forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.978, -94.614 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Martin
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Martin forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -94.551 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Sibley
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Sibley forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.580, -94.232 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Nicollet
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nicollet forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.350, -94.247 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Le Sueur
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Le Sueur forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.371, -93.730 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Blue Earth
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Blue Earth forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.035, -94.067 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Waseca
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Waseca forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -93.587 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Steele
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Steele forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -93.226 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Faribault
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Faribault forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -93.948 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Freeborn
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Freeborn forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -93.349 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Dodge
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Dodge forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -92.862 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Olmsted
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Olmsted forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.004, -92.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Winona
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Winona forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.987, -91.779 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Mower
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Mower forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.672, -92.752 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Fillmore
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Fillmore forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -92.090 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Houston
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Houston forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 43.671, -91.493 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Rice
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rice forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.354, -93.297 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Goodhue
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Goodhue forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.410, -92.723 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Wabasha
- When
- February 10, 9:00 AM CST to February 11, 5:00 AM CST
- Where
- Wabasha forecast zone
- Measured
- 48 kt (55 mph)
- Coordinates
- 44.284, -92.230 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
What these are
- High Wind
- Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- High Wind in Iowa, February 10 to 11, 1996
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 10, 1996
- High Wind in Minnesota, February 10, 1996
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 10, 1996
- High Wind in Ohio, February 10 to 11, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 10, 1996
- High Wind in Iowa, February 10, 1996
- Blizzard in North Dakota, February 10, 1996
- High Wind in North Dakota, February 10, 1996
- High Wind in Nebraska, February 10, 1996
- Blizzard in Minnesota, February 10 to 11, 1996
- High Wind in South Dakota, February 10, 1996
More
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Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5541324, 5541325, 5541326, 5541327, 5541328, 5541329, 5541330, 5541498, 5541499, 5541500, 5541501, 5541502, 5541503, 5541504, 5541505, 5541506, 5541507, 5541508, 5541509, 5541510, 5541511, 5541512, 5541513, 5541514, 5541515, 5541516, 5541517, 5541518.