Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 26, 2013

Name: Damaging Winds in Minnesota, June 26, 2013
Start: 2013-06-26T14:15
End: 2013-06-26T14:30
Location: Minnesota

June 26, 2013 · NWS MPX · 4 events in 1 county or zone

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

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The toll

Deaths: 0
Injuries: 0
Property damage: $50,000
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 happened

The episode as NWS MPX wrote it up.

Thunderstorms began to develop during the afternoon of Wednesday, June 26th. These storms developed from the Twin Cities, northeast across east central Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin and moved slowly southeast. The storms became severe along the Mississippi River Valley around the Red Wing area, east to River Falls and Ellsworth, Wisconsin.

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 Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 26, 12:17 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 12:17 PM CST, 1 hour 58 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
117 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

.MESOSCALE DISCUSSION...
ISSUED AT 107 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

SCATTERED STORMS HAVE FIRED ALONG A CONFLUENCE LINE ASSOCIATED
WITH A WIND SHIFT...WHICH IS COLLOCATED WITH A SURFACE TROUGH FROM
THE TC METRO NEWD INTO NWRN WI. OTHER THAN SMALL HAIL AND SOME
LIGHTNING...NOTHING OF SIGNIFICANCE HAS YET RESULTED FROM THIS
ACTIVITY. HOWEVER...CLOUDS HAVE BEGUN TO BREAK OUT ACROSS WRN WI
AND SOME FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THIS ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO TAKE
PLACE THIS AFTERNOON AS INSTABILITY BUILDS. EFFECTIVE SHEAR IS
PRETTY MODEST IN THESE AREAS WHICH HAS BEEN RESPONSIBLE FOR LACK
OF ORGANIZATION. STORM CLUSTERS ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN AS THE MAIN
STORM MODE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON. CONSULT THE SPC MCD 1247 FOR
MORE INFORMATION.

&&

.SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT)
ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013

THE GENERAL CONSENSUS AMONGST THE SHORT TERM MODEL SOLUTIONS IS FOR
A GRADUAL WEAKENING TREND WITH THE BROKEN LINE OF SHOWERS/
THUNDERSTORMS AS IT TRACKS EASTWARD ACROSS WESTERN MN EARLY THIS
MORNING. THEREFORE...HAVE TAPERED POPS OFF GRADUALLY THROUGH THE
MORNING HOURS. SREF/HRRR/ARW MODELS THEN ALL DEPICT DIURNALLY
DRIVEN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT AS THE COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON...GENERALLY ALONG AND EAST OF INTERSTATE 35. A FEW OF
THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE DURING THE AFTERNOON/EARLY EVENING.
ANOTHER WARM AND HUMID DAY IS ON TAP. HIGHS WILL BE WELL INTO THE
80S COMBINED WITH DEWPOINTS IN THE 65 TO 70 DEGREE RANGE. HEAT
INDICES THIS AFTERNOON IN THE LOWER 90S.

.LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY)
ISSUED AT 345 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

A FEW SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CAN NOT BE RULED OUT ACROSS
PORTIONS OF EASTERN MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI THURSDAY AND FRIDAY AS
WE REMAIN ON THE WESTERN SIDE OF A NEGATIVE TILT UPPER TROUGH AND
STRONG JET ALOFT. THE TROUGH IS SHOWN BY ALL DETERMINISTIC RUNS
TO DROP SOUTHWESTWARD ACROSS THE FA FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY.
UNFORTUNATELY...RAIN CHANCES FOR SATURDAY ARE INCREASING. DRY
WEATHER IS EXPECTED TO RETURN BY SUNDAY WITH THE UPPER TROUGH SOUTH
OF THE REGION. THE THREAT FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS
RETURNS TO WESTERN MINNESOTA ON MONDAY AND ACROSS ALL OF THE FA BY
TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH THE ECMWF IS NOT AS AGGRESSIVE AS THE GFS IS
WITH MORE UPPER TROUGHING MOVING THROUGH. ITS POSSIBLE THAT RAIN
COULD BE BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF THE CWA DURING THESE PERIODS. THE
WARMEST DAY OF THE LONG TERM IS THURSDAY WITH HIGHS IN THE MIDDLE
TO UPPER 80S. A SIGNIFICANT DROP IN TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED BY
SATURDAY DUE TO THE CLOUDS/SHOWERS AND NORTHERLY FLOW DEVELOPING
WITH HIGHS FORECAST TO BE ONLY IN THE MIDDLE 70S. HIGHS IN THE
UPPER 70S TO LOWER 80S DOMINATE THE REMAINDER OF THE FORECAST
PERIOD.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 18Z TAFS THROUGH 18Z THURSDAY AFTERNOON)
ISSUED AT 107 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

STORMS HAVE FIRED ACROSS FAR ERN MN AND WRN WI AT TAF ISSUANCE
TIME. THINK THE THREAT WEST OF MSP IS OVER...WITH THE THREAT
INCREASING THIS AFTERNOON AT RNH AND EAU. ACTIVITY SHOULD BECOME
FAIRLY WIDESPREAD BY 20Z OVER WRN WI. THE STORMS WILL PUSH EAST
THIS EVENING WITH A PERIOD OF DRY WX EXPECTED BEFORE ANOTHER FRONT
REACHES THE AREA OVERNIGHT. A FEW SHOWERS/STORMS COULD FIRE ALONG
IT LATE...BUT COVERAGE IS EXPECTED TO BE TOO LOW AND BRIEF TO
INCLUDE IN ANY TAF LOCATION.

KMSP...CLUSTER OF TSRA HAS FORMED NORTH AND EAST OF THE
TERMINAL...WHICH IS PUSHING EAST. ADDITIONAL STORMS COULD DEVELOP
THROUGH 20Z...BUT THE BETTER THREAT IS NOW SHIFTING EAST OF MSP.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
THU...VFR. WINDS WNW AT 10G15KTS.
FRI...VFR. WINDS NW AT 15G20KTS.
SAT...VFR. CHC SHRA/TS WITH MVFR. WINDS NW AT 10 KTS.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

MESOSCALE...BORGHOFF
SHORT TERM...LS
LONG TERM...RAH
AVIATION...BORGHOFF

Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 12:04 PM CST, 2 hours 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
104 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

MNZ045-052-053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-271815-
KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-
GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-
EAU CLAIRE-
104 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREATS. A
SLIGHT CHANCE OF NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN
OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND
THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

MNZ041>044-048>051-057>059-066>069-076-077-084-085-093-271815-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-LE SUEUR-RICE-
WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-
104 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A FEW NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND
AGAIN OVERNIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND
THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MNZ047-054>056-064-065-073>075-082-083-091-092-271815-
STEVENS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
104 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND
THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

BORGHOFF

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:53 PM CST, 1 hour 22 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
153 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0146 PM     HAIL             RIVER FALLS             44.86N 92.62W
06/26/2013  M0.75 INCH       PIERCE             WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL MIXED WITH RAINFALL OF AN INCH IN 5 MINUTES LASTING
            15 MINUTES

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 12:55 PM CST, 1 hour 20 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
155 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0154 PM     FLOOD            RIVER FALLS             44.86N 92.62W
06/26/2013                   PIERCE             WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FLOODING OF STREETS AND HIGHWAYSL

&&

LRS

Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:04 PM CST, 1 hour 11 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
204 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0146 PM     HAIL             RIVER FALLS             44.86N 92.62W
06/26/2013  M0.75 INCH       PIERCE             WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            HAIL LASTED 5 MINUTES.

&&

BORGHOFF

Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:14 PM CST, 1 hour 1 minute before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
214 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0155 PM     HAIL             5 SSE RIVER FALLS       44.79N 92.58W
06/26/2013  E0.50 INCH       PIERCE             WI   PUBLIC

            LASTED A FEW MINUTES.

&&

SPD

Local storm report, Jun 26, 1:15 PM CST, 1 hour before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
215 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0211 PM     HEAVY RAIN       RIVER FALLS             44.86N 92.62W
06/26/2013  M3.07 INCH       PIERCE             WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

            FELL IN ABOUT ONE HOUR.

&&

SPD

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:33 PM CST, 42 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
233 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

MNZ063-070-078-WIZ023>026-262015-
DAKOTA-DUNN-GOODHUE-PEPIN-PIERCE-ST. CROIX-WASHINGTON-
233 PM CDT WED JUN 26 2013

...HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER DAKOTA...DUNN...GOODHUE...PEPIN...
PIERCE...ST. CROIX AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM CDT...

AT 230 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES WEST OF ELLSWORTH...OR 16 MILES SOUTH OF HUDSON.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM. RAINFALL RATES OF BETWEEN ONE AND TWO INCHES PER HOUR ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  RIVER FALLS.
  BELDENVILLE.
  ELLSWORTH.
  HAGER CITY.
  ESDAILE.
  MAIDEN ROCK.

LAT...LON 4459 9189 4459 9200 4441 9207 4440 9210
      4445 9225 4445 9242 4443 9243 4467 9315
      4495 9274 4460 9188
TIME...MOT...LOC 1932Z 299DEG 29KT 4474 9260

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 82 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 20:16 UTC.

Open the radar archive at this moment

Event by event

4 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.

Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue

When: June 26, 2:15 PM CST
Where: Goodhue County, 3.51 mi WNW of Red Wing
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: Trained Spotter
Coordinates: 44.580, -92.600

Severe wind blew large hay bales across a field.

Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue

When: June 26, 2:20 PM CST
Where: Goodhue County, 3.51 mi WNW of Red Wing
Measured: 50 kt (58 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 44.580, -92.600

A large tree limb blew down on a power line and started a fire.

Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue

When: June 26, 2:25 PM CST
Where: Goodhue County, 1.13 mi WSW of Red Wing to 0.76 mi WSW of Red Wing
Measured: 56 kt (64 mph) estimated gust
Property damage: $50,000
Reported by: Public
Coordinates: 44.566, -92.552

The owner of Bill's Bay Marina in Red Wing, Minnesota, received damage to their |dock fingers, as severe winds caused these dock fingers to twist and mangle up.

Thunderstorm Wind, Goodhue

When: June 26, 2:30 PM CST
Where: Goodhue County, 3.24 mi SSE of Wacouta
Measured: 52 kt (60 mph) estimated gust
Reported by: County Official
Coordinates: 44.488, -92.441

A large tree was blown down on County Road 5.

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

Every storm in Minnesota in 2013 Every state in 2013 This day in weather history Warnings in Minnesota, June 2013

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: 450731, 450733, 457230, 450734.