Strong Wind, Mille Lacs
- When
- December 25, 9:30 PM CST
- Where
- Mille Lacs County, Milaca
- Reported by
- AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
- Coordinates
- 45.938, -93.630 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Strong Wind in Minnesota, December 25, 1999
One hundred thirty foot radio tower collapsed in Milaca. No AWOS or ASOS wind measuring equipment operating in the city of Milaca.
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 MPX wrote it up.
One hundred thirty foot radio tower collapsed in Milaca. No AWOS or ASOS wind measuring equipment operating in the city of Milaca. However, Princeton aiport (Mille Lacs county), had a gust to 45 mph at 1035 pm CST. St. Cloud airport (Stearns County), had a gust to 44 mph at 852 pm CST. Mora (Kanabec county) had a gust to 55 mph at 935 pm CST, and a gust to 47 mph at 1035 pm CST.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 strong wind. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Strong Wind
- Non-thunderstorm winds below high wind criteria that nonetheless caused damage or casualties.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Blizzard and Winter Storm in Alaska, December 25 to 27, 1999
- High Wind in Michigan, December 25 to 26, 1999
- Dense Fog in Oregon, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Wisconsin, December 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in Minnesota, December 25, 1999
- Strong Wind in Minnesota, December 25 to 26, 1999
- High Wind in North Dakota, December 25, 1999
- High Wind in Michigan, December 25 to 26, 1999
- Heavy Snow in New Mexico, December 25, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, December 25, 1999
- Waterspout in Hawaii, December 25, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, December 1999
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: 5719850.