High Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- July 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 44.007, -95.181 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Minnesota, July 2, 1997
Prolonged sustaind winds around 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph caused widespread minor tree damage.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 8 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
- $57,000
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 8
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 FSD wrote it up.
Prolonged sustaind winds around 40 mph with gusts to 50 mph caused widespread minor tree damage.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
8 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
High Wind, Jackson
- When
- July 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Jackson forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -95.154 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lincoln
- When
- July 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lincoln forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 44.413, -96.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Lyon
- When
- July 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Lyon forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 44.414, -95.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Murray
- When
- July 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Murray forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 44.022, -95.763 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Nobles
- When
- July 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Nobles forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 43.674, -95.753 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Pipestone
- When
- July 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Pipestone forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 44.023, -96.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind, Rock
- When
- July 2, 2:00 AM CST to 8:00 AM CST
- Where
- Rock forecast zone
- Measured
- 35 kt (40 mph)
- Property damage
- $7,000
- Coordinates
- 43.675, -96.253 (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
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Michigan, July 2 to 4, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Ohio, July 2, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Indiana, July 2, 1997
- Heat in Illinois, July 2, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Michigan, July 2, 1997
- Hail and Lightning Strikes in Wisconsin, July 2 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Hail in West Virginia, July 2 to 3, 1997
- High Wind in South Dakota, July 2, 1997
- Tornadoes and Hail in Michigan, July 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 2, 1997
- Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 2, 1997
- Damaging Winds in Ohio, July 2, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 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: 5606975, 5606976, 5606977, 5606978, 5606979, 5606980, 5606981, 5606982.