Low pressure moved across the northern Great Lakes on October 26, pulling a cold front across southeast Minnesota. Strong northwest winds accompanying the front gusted between 45 and 55 mph.
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The episode as NWS ARX wrote it up.
Low pressure moved across the northern Great Lakes on October 26, pulling a cold front across southeast Minnesota. Strong northwest winds accompanying the front gusted between 45 and 55 mph. Law enforcement officials reported trees down just south of Austin (Mower County).
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Trees were knocked down on Highway 105 just south of Austin.
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