Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- July 14, 10:00 PM CST to 10:15 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County, Mountain Lake
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $150,000
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 43.930, -94.930
Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
Thunderstorm winds destroyed small farm buildings, damaged a few homes, and caused widespread tree damage with some building damage resulting from wind blown tree debris. One of the farm buildings destroyed was a barn with an estimated 14 thousand turkeys; 1 or 2 thousand of the turkeys perished.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it. 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
- $150,000
- 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 FSD wrote it up.
Thunderstorm winds destroyed small farm buildings, damaged a few homes, and caused widespread tree damage with some building damage resulting from wind blown tree debris. One of the farm buildings destroyed was a barn with an estimated 14 thousand turkeys; 1 or 2 thousand of the turkeys perished. The winds also caused crop damage, but the amount of crop damage was not determined.
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 149 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:58 UTC.
Event by event
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Thunderstorm Wind
- Winds from a thunderstorm of 50 knots (58 mph) or more, or lower winds that caused damage or casualties. Measured gusts are marked MG, estimated EG.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Heat in Illinois, July 14 to 15, 1998
- Heat and Hail in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Heat in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 14 to 15, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Lightning Strike in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding and Hail in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Nebraska, July 14 to 15, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Texas, July 14, 1998
- Flash Flood in Alabama, July 14, 1998
- Flash Flooding in Mississippi, July 14, 1998
- Tornado and Flash Flood in Minnesota, July 14, 1998
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 1998
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: 5656327.