Thunderstorm Wind, Cottonwood
- When
- July 18, 9:18 PM CST to 9:45 PM CST
- Where
- Cottonwood County, Jeffers to Mountain Lake
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $50,000
- Reported by
- LAW ENFORCEMENT
- Coordinates
- 44.050, -95.200
Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 18, 1998
Thunderstorm winds damaged many trees, some large, with at least one highway closed by tree debris. The winds also blew over 2 empty 100,000 bushel grain bins, with one of the bins hitting and damaging a building.
Where it happened
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- 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
- $50,000
- 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 damaged many trees, some large, with at least one highway closed by tree debris. The winds also blew over 2 empty 100,000 bushel grain bins, with one of the bins hitting and damaging a building. The winds also damaged farm buildings.
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 133 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:17 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 Missouri, July 18 to 22, 1998
- Heat in Illinois, July 18 to 22, 1998
- Tornado and Hail in North Dakota, July 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Iowa, July 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 18, 1998
- Flash Flooding in West Virginia, July 18 to 19, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 18, 1998
- Heat in Missouri, July 18 to 21, 1998
- Flood in Florida, July 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 18, 1998
- Damaging Wind in Iowa, July 18, 1998
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: 5656344.