Minnesota, 2001

Damaging Wind in Minnesota, July 23, 2001

July 23, 2001 · NWS ABR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

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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 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 Aberdeen, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 22, 9:00 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 9:00 PM CST, 3 hours 45 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR CENTRAL/NORTHCENTRAL AND NORTHEAST
SOUTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
10 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

ONE DECENT STORM HAS MOVED INTO MINNESOTA.  MORE APPROACHING FROM
WEST...HOWEVER CONCUR WITH SPC THAT ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL SECTIONS
OF STATE WILL PROBABLY BE ON THE WANE OVER THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS.
WILL UPDATE AS WATCH IS DROPPED OTHERWISE NO OTHER UPDATES PLANNED.
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.ABR...NONE.
TDK

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:43 PM CST, 5 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN, SD
843 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0736 PM    3 S FLORENCE              SD   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/22/01   CODINGTON                      REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

0833 PM    1 W WAVERLY               SD   .75 INCH HAIL
07/22/01   CODINGTON                      REPORTED BY
SPOTT{ERS

0815 PM    11/2 NE RAUVILLE          SD   1.50 INCH HAIL
07/22/01   CODINGTON                      REPORTED BY
SPOTTERS

GN
Special weather statement, Jul 22, 8:52 PM CST, 3 hours 53 minutes before
MNZ039-046-SDZ007-008-011-018>023-230315-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ABERDEEN SD
952 PM CDT SUN JUL 22 2001

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 610 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR ALL
OF NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 610 HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED FOR
TRAVERSE AND BIG STONE COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA.

THE THREAT OF WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED OVER THE REGION
AND THEREFORE THE WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED.  MORE STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE OVERNIGHT...BUT THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER APPEARS TO BE
MINIMAL.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/ABR OR AT HTTP://WEATHER.GOV.

TDK
9

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 161 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 06:44 UTC.

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Event by event

1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Big Stone

When
July 23, 12:45 AM CST
Where
Big Stone County, 5 mi E of Clinton
Measured
56 kt (64 mph)
Reported by
GENERAL PUBLIC
Coordinates
45.467, -96.350

A large cottonwood tree was downed by the very strong winds.

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

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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: 5261564.