Thunderstorm Wind, Itasca
- When
- May 18, 4:55 PM CST
- Where
- Itasca County, 1 mi E of Wirt
- Measured
- 50 kt (58 mph)
- Coordinates
- 47.730, -93.930
Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 18, 1998
Trees 6-8 inches in diameter were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
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
- 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.
Trees 6-8 inches in diameter were blown down. Wind speed is estimated.
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 163 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 22:56 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 Louisiana, May 18, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Kansas, May 18 to 19, 1998
- Flash Flood in Puerto Rico, May 18, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Minnesota, May 18 to 19, 1998
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Wisconsin, May 18 to 19, 1998
- Flooding in South Dakota, May 18 to 31, 1998
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, May 18 to 19, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 1998
- Hail in Michigan, May 18, 1998
- Hail in Minnesota, May 18, 1998
- Damaging Winds in Texas, May 18, 1998
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1998Every state in 1998This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, May 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: 5646409.