High Wind, South Beltrami
- When
- August 31, 11:20 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- South Beltrami forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 47.974, -94.938 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Minnesota, August 31, 1997
A strong wind downed trees across the area.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 3 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
- $6,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 3
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 FGF wrote it up.
A strong wind downed trees across the area.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
3 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, East Polk
- When
- August 31, 11:20 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- East Polk forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 47.774, -96.402 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, South Clearwater
- When
- August 31, 11:20 PM CST to 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- South Clearwater forecast zone
- Property damage
- $2,000
- Coordinates
- 47.578, -95.379 (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
- Damaging Winds in Colorado, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 31, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Colorado, August 31, 1997
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Mississippi, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Louisiana, August 31, 1997
- Drought in Maryland, August 31, 1997
- High Wind in Alaska, August 31, 1997
- Hail in Colorado, August 31, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in South Dakota, August 31, 1997
- Hail in Kansas, August 31, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Alabama, August 31, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, August 1997
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: 5616149, 5616150, 5616151.