Minnesota, 2001

High Wind in Minnesota, April 29, 2001

April 29, 2001 · NWS FSD · 4 events in 4 counties and zones

4 high wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it; 4 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.

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  • Marine and coastal
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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
$3,000
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
4

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 forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Sioux Falls, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Apr 29, 8:05 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 29, 8:05 PM CST, 3 hours 50 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR SOUTHEAST SD/SOUTHWEST MN/NORTHWEST IA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
905 PM CDT SUN APR 29 2001

RATHER BUSY EVENING WITH MONITORING CONVECTION.  INITIAL ACTIVITY
DEVELOPING ALG FRONTAL BOUNDARY PASSING THRU CNTRL SD...WITH BNDRY
FEATURING STG CONVERGENCE AT LOW LVLS OF WHAT MEAGER MSTR IS AVAILABLE.
ADDITIONAL ACTIVITY POPPING ALFT AHEAD OF LINE FM NR KFSD TO KYKN.
DO NOT EXPECT COVERAGE TO BECOME ANY LESS WIDESPREAD OVERNIGHT AS IN
FAVORABLE RIGHT JET ENTRANCE WILL INTERACT FAVORABLY WITH FRONT...AND
SHUD KEEP IT MOVING ALG. THAT IS WHERE THE LARGE COMPLEX ACRS NRN
NEBRASKA AND SWRN SD EXISTS...AND SHUD PROGRESS LARGELY OVR SD CWA
OVERNIGHT...AS JET PULLS AWAY GRADUALLY TO N.  AMAZING WHAT CAN BE
DONE WITH LIMITED MOISTURE.  UPDTS OUT PRIOR TO 02Z.

.FSD...NONE
CHAPMAN

The radar

The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.

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Event by event

4 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.

High Wind, Lyon

When
April 29, 11:55 PM CST
Where
Lyon forecast zone
Measured
59 kt (68 mph)
Reported by
AWOS,ASOS,MESONET,ETC
Coordinates
44.414, -95.839 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Lincoln

When
April 29, 11:55 PM CST
Where
Lincoln forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
44.413, -96.267 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Pipestone

When
April 29, 11:55 PM CST
Where
Pipestone forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
44.023, -96.259 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High Wind, Rock

When
April 29, 11:55 PM CST
Where
Rock forecast zone
Measured
50 kt (58 mph)
Property damage
$3,000
Reported by
NEWSPAPER
Coordinates
43.675, -96.253 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)

High winds broke the windshield and dented the roof and front of a car in Luverne.

What these are

High Wind
Sustained non-thunderstorm winds of 40 mph or more for an hour, or gusts of 58 mph or more.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

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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: 5242712, 5242713, 5242714, 5242715.