High Wind, Northern Cass
- When
- September 1, 2:00 AM CST to 2:30 AM CST
- Where
- Northern Cass forecast zone
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Coordinates
- 46.950, -94.325 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
High Wind in Minnesota, September 1, 1997
Non-thunderstorm winds, measured at 61 knots in Bena and possibly caused by a meso-high, knocked down trees up to 40 feet tall and 18 inches in diameter. Falling trees damaged a house and a resort cabin and blew several boats and pontoons onshore at nearby Portage Lake.
Where it happened
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The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- None recorded
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
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 DLH wrote it up.
Non-thunderstorm winds, measured at 61 knots in Bena and possibly caused by a meso-high, knocked down trees up to 40 feet tall and 18 inches in diameter. Falling trees damaged a house and a resort cabin and blew several boats and pontoons onshore at nearby Portage Lake.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
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
- Drought in Georgia, September 1 to 22, 1997
- Drought in Virginia, September 1 to 30, 1997
- Drought in Georgia, September 1 to 22, 1997
- Lightning Strike in Texas, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flood and Hail in North Dakota, September 1, 1997
- Flash Flooding and Damaging Winds in California, September 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, September 1, 1997
- Damaging Winds in North Dakota, September 1 to 16, 1997
- Flash Flood and Damaging Wind in Nevada, September 1, 1997
- Flooding and Damaging Winds in Arizona, September 1 to 11, 1997
- Hail and High Wind in Minnesota, September 1, 1997
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Wisconsin, September 1, 1997
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, September 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: 5613771.