Thunderstorm Wind, Pipestone
- When
- July 3, 1:30 AM CST to 1:45 AM CST
- Where
- Pipestone County, Woodstock
- Measured
- 61 kt (70 mph)
- Property damage
- $20,000
- Reported by
- GENERAL PUBLIC
- Coordinates
- 44.020, -96.100
Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 3, 1999
Thunderstorm winds downed trees and power lines, littering the southeast side of Woodstock with debris. One garage was destroyed.
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
- $20,000
- 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 downed trees and power lines, littering the southeast side of Woodstock with debris. One garage was destroyed.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
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.
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The same day elsewhere
- Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Damaging Wind in Michigan, July 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in New York, July 3, 1999
- Waterspout in Michigan, July 3, 1999
- Lightning Strike in North Carolina, July 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 1999
- Damaging Wind in South Dakota, July 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in North Dakota, July 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Ohio, July 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Minnesota, July 3, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Pennsylvania, July 3, 1999
- Lightning Strike in Louisiana, July 3, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, July 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: 5711982.