A complex of thunderstorms that weakened across eastern Minnesota during the late morning of Saturday, June 14, developed an area of damaging outflow winds. These damaging winds were caused by a combination of strong winds above the surface extending down to the surface due to dry air mixing with weakening showers.
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A complex of thunderstorms that weakened across eastern Minnesota during the late morning of Saturday, June 14, developed an area of damaging outflow winds. These damaging winds were caused by a combination of strong winds above the surface extending down to the surface due to dry air mixing with weakening showers.
Winds gusts of up to 60 miles per hour knocked down trees and cut power. Over 10,000 customers were reported to be without power in the metro area during the height of the storm. The Xcel Energy outage map showed over 14,600 without power as of 12:20 p.m. local time. Outages were reported in Chaska, Excelsior, Mound, Minnetonka, Wayzata, Golden Valley and Minneapolis. At least 12 boats capsized on Lake Minnetonka due to the high winds, but no injuries were reported.
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 14, 6:01 AM CST, 3 hours 59 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 701 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 428 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ONE THING IS FOR SURE...THIS SHORT TERM PERIOD WILL BE A VERY COLORFUL ONE ON THE MPX RADAR. MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL LOOKS TO BE THE MAIN THREAT THIS PERIOD...THOUGH THERE WILL BE THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THROWN INTO THE MIX AS WELL...THOUGH AT THE MOMENT...WE FEEL THE FLASH FLOOD POTENTIAL IS THE GREATER OF THE TWO THREATS IN THE MPX CWA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY WITH RAP H5 ANALYSIS SHOWS AN UPPER RIDGE BUILDING UP THE MS RIVER VALLEY. THERE IS A CLOSED LOW AT H5 NEAR THE MT/ALB/SASK BORDER...WITH SEVERAL SHORT WAVES NOTED FROM NV/ID INTO THE DAKOTAS IN THE SW FLOW WEST OF THE RIDGE. OF ALL OF THESE WAVES...THE MOST SUBSTANTIAL /AS MEASURED BY POTENTIAL VORT/ IS THE ONE BACK OVER NV/ID AND IT IS THE ONE THAT WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIKELY SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK ACROSS NEB THIS EVENING AS IT REACHES THE CO PLAINS BY 00Z AND EVENTUALLY ENDS UP NEAR LA CROSSE BY 12Z SUN. AT THE SFC...THIS WRN UPPER TROUGH HAS A FAIRLY BROAD LEE SIDE TROUGH IN PLACE THIS MORNING FROM THE WRN DAKOTAS DOWN THROUGH WRN NEB...THOUGH WE ARE BEGINNING TO SEE THE CONSOLIDATION OF THIS TROUGH INTO A SUB 1000 MB SFC LOW OVER ERN CO. AT THE MOMENT THERE IS REALLY NO WELL DEFINED WARM FRONT...JUST A PLUME OF MID 50 AND HIGHER DEWPOINTS STRETCHING FROM THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS DOWN INTO CENTRAL TX. AS THIS PERIOD UNFOLDS...THIS SFC TROUGH WILL SLOWLY SHIFT EAST ACROSS THE DAKOTAS...WHILE THE COLORADO SFC LOW SLOWLY DEEPENS ACROSS ERN CO...BEFORE BEING EJECTED NORTHEAST TONIGHT WITH THE MAIN UPPER WAVE...EVENTUALLY REACHING CENTRAL MN BY 12Z SUN. WITH THE UPPER RIDGE OVERHEAD...WE HAVE SEEN ELEVATED INSTABILITY STRUGGLE TO WORK EAST ACROSS MN...WHICH HAS RESULTED IN CONVECTION DIMINISHING AS IT REACHES MN THIS MORNING. HOWEVER...AS THE DAY PROGRESSES AND THE SFC TROUGH WORKS INTO THE DAKOTAS...WE WILL SEE THAT AXIS OF INSTABILITY BEND INTO MN. ACCOMPANYING THIS INSTABILITY WILL BE AN H85 LLJ ON THE ORDER OF 40-50 KTS THAT WILL BE SETTING UP CAMP OVER THE MPX AREA THROUGH THE REST OF THE SHORT TERM PERIOD. THIS WILL SET THE STAGE FOR A VERY ACTIVE AFTERNOON/EVENING/NIGHT ACROSS THE MPX CWA...WITH MULTIPLE ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS EXPECTED. THE HI-RES CAMS CERTAINLY PAINT THIS PICTURE OCCURRING...WITH SOME PRETTY HEFTY QPFS RESULTING. STILL LOTS OF UNCERTAINTY AS TO WHERE ACTIVITY THROUGH THIS EVENING WILL SET UP...BUT MOST RECENT CAM SOLUTIONS...INCLUDING THE HRRR AND HOPWRF ARE PAINTING QUITE A BIT OF ACTIVITY TO AREAS SOUTH OF A TWIN CITIES TO MONTEVIDEO LINE THROUGH THIS EVENING...WHICH WOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH THE WAVE DRIVING CONVECTION THAT HAS BEEN TRACKING ALONG I-90 IN SODAK OVERNIGHT. TONIGHT...AS THE NV/ID WAVE MOVES ACROSS THE PLAINS...THE LLJ IS EXPECTED TO INCREASE TO BETWEEN 60 AND 70 KTS /THATS NOT A TYPO!/...WITH MOST GUIDANCE INDICATING A FAIRLY HEALTHY MCS TRACKING ALONG ROUGHLY AN OMAHA TO LA CROSSE/EAU CLAIRE LINE OVERNIGHT. FOR FLASH FLOODING...DECIDED NOT TO ISSUE A WATCH NOW...AS CONFIDENCE ON WHERE THE HEAVIEST RAIN WILL FALL IS NOT HIGH ENOUGH TO ISSUE ONE AT THE MOMENT. A GOOD EXAMPLE OF THE UNCERTAINTY COMES WITH THE 3Z HOPWRF. MEMBERS 1 AND 4 SHOWED 2-3" OF RUN TOTAL QPF AROUND MCLEOD COUNTY...WHILE MEMBERS 2 AND 3 HAVE LESS THAN A TENTH OF AN INCH THE SAME AREA. THE SPREAD SEEN IN THE HI-RES MODELS HAS KEPT US FROM ISSUING A FLASH FLOOD WATCH AT THIS POINT. AS OF WRITING THIS THOUGH...THE GREATEST RISK FOR FLASH FLOODING LOOKS TO BE FROM SW/SC MN UP INTO EC MN/WRN WI WHERE THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAIN TO THE NORTH END OF THE EXPECTED OMAHA TO EAU CLAIRE MCS. ON THE SEVERE END OF THINGS...SPC HAS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER UP INTO SW MN...THOUGH AM NOT OVERLY EXCITED IN THE SEVERE POTENTIAL AT THE MOMENT. THE BIGGEST LIMITING FACTOR LOOKS TO BE THAT THERE IS JUST TOO MUCH FORCING UP THIS DIRECTION DURING THE SHORT TERM...WHICH WILL KEEP INSTABILITY FROM BUILDING UP TOO MUCH BEFORE IT IS QUICKLY RELEASED IN ONE OF SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL WILL BE IN THE SW MN...WHICH WILL HAVE AN OCCLUDED/WARM FRONT IN THE VICINITY BY 00Z...SO THERE IS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE STORMS GET A BIT UNRULY...THOUGH WOULD BE MUCH MORE CONCERNED WITH SEEING MORE WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER INTO MN IF THINGS WERE COMING IN ABOUT 6-12 HOURS FASTER THAN THEY ARE CURRENTLY FORECAST TO. .LONG TERM...(SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY) ISSUED AT 428 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 MODEL SOLUTIONS REMAIN CONSISTENT ON DEEPENING A LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM ON SUNDAY AS IT MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS MN. A COLD FRONT TRAILING FROM THE LOW WILL SWEEP THROUGH EASTERN AREAS OF MN IN THE MORNING AND ACROSS WESTERN WI EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. DEPENDING ON THE OUTCOME OF THE CONVECTION SATURDAY NIGHT AND HOW MUCH HEATING CAN OCCUR ALONG AND AHEAD OF FRONT... THERE REMAINS A THREAT FOR A LINE OF STORMS TO DEVELOP ALONG THE FRONT LATE SUNDAY MORNING AND MOVE ACROSS WESTERN WI EARLY IN THE AFTERNOON. IF THE STORMS DO DEVELOP...THERE IS A THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER AS STRONG SHEAR REMAINS IN PLACE ALONG WITH A GROWING AXIS OF CAPE FORECAST. BY LATE AFTERNOON...THE FA SHOULD BE DRY ALONG WITH RATHER BREEZY WESTERLY WINDS. SUNDAY NIGHT AND EARLY MONDAY REMAIN THE ONLY QUIET/DRY PERIODS IN THE LONGER TERM AS A WEAK RIDGE OF HIGH PRESSURE TRAVERSES THE FA. THE BALANCE OF THE LONGER TERM SURE LOOKS WET AND STORMY AS A DEEP UPPER TROUGH CLOSES OFF OVER THE WESTERN UNITED STATES EARLY IN THE WEEK AND THEN BEGINS MOVING SLOWLY EAST...REACHING THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY BY LATE IN THE WEEK. THE H5 HEIGHTS ARE TWO STANDARD DEVIATIONS BELOW NORMAL. THERE ARE TWO PROBLEMS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD. ONE WILL BE HEAVY RAINFALL FROM REPEATED ROUNDS OF CONVECTION DAY AFTER DAY AS PIECES OF ENERGY EMANATE FROM THE UPPER LOW AND SPILL INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS AND UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY. THE COLD FRONT THAT MOVES THROUGH ON SUNDAY WILL COME BACK OUR WAY MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY AS A WARM FRONT AND THEN STALL ACROSS SOUTHERN MN AND WI FOR MUCH OF THE REMAINDER OF THE WEEK. RAINFALL AMOUNTS NEXT WEEK FROM THE GFS AND ECMWF ARE IN THE 2 TO 5 INCH RANGE ACROSS OUR AREA WITH POCKETS OF 6 TO 8 INCHES. THERE IS SPREAD ON THE LOCATION OF THE HEAVIEST RAIN WITH THE GFS OVER CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MN WITH THE ECMWF OVER SOUTHERN MN AND IA. WHAT IS IMPORTANT IS THE SIGNAL FROM THE MODELS ON THE HEAVY RAINFALL THREAT WITH A SURFACE FRONT SITTING ON US FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK. IF THIS AMOUNT OF RAIN MATERIALIZES NEXT WEEK...ON TOP OF THE RAIN WE ARE EXPECTING TODAY AND SUNDAY...WILL RESULT IN MAIN STEM RIVERS RISING SIGNIFICANTLY WITH FLOODING BECOMING A WIDESPREAD ISSUE. THE SECOND CONCERN NEXT WEEK WILL BE SEVERE WEATHER. AT THIS POINT...LATE MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY LOOK BAD AS THE FRONT BEGINS LIFTING BACK NORTH INTO MN/WI AS A WARM FRONT. SPC ALREADY HAS A SLIGHT RISK FOR DAY 3 COVERING PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MN AND THE CENTRAL PLAINS. A VERY ACTIVE WEEK...IN MORE WAYS THEN ONE...IS COMING OUR WAY. STAY TUNED. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SUNDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 643 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 CONFIDENCE IS HIGH IN SEVERAL ROUNDS OF STORMS IMPACTING THE AREA OVER THE NEXT 24-30 HOURS...THOUGH CONFIDENCE IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER FOR TIMING OF WHEN SAID ROUNDS WILL HIT. CURRENTLY EXPECTING AT LEAST 3 R0UNDS OF STORMS...WHAT YOU SEE THIS MORNING THAT WILL BE SLOWLY WORKING INTO ERN MN FROM THE LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON. ROUND 2 SHOULD GET GOING ALONG A FRONT IN THE ERN DAKOTAS THIS AFTERNOON AND WORK ACROSS THE MPX TERMINALS THIS EVENING...WITH A FINAL ROUND OF STORMS EXPECTED TO COME OUT OF THE OMAHA AREA AND HEAD FOR WRN WI LATE TONIGHT. FOR TIMING THIS ACTIVITY...USED A BLEND OF THE MPXWRF AND HRRR...THOUGH WENT A COUPLE OF HOURS FASTER THAN WHAT EITHER ONE OF THOSE MODELS HAS BEEN SHOWING AS THEY HAVE BEEN SLOW IN BRINGING ACTIVITY IN OVERNIGHT. EXPECT CIGS TO REMAIN MAINLY VFR UNTIL TONIGHT...WHEN IFR/MVFR CONDS SHOULD SPREAD ACROSS THE AREA OUT AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT. CONFIDENCE HIGH IN THE WIND FORECAST UNTIL TONIGHT WHEN MODELS DIVERGE A BIT ON HOW WINDS WILL SHIFT AS A SFC LOW MOVES INTO MN. KMSP...LOOKING FOR 3 ROUNDS OF STORMS AT MSP. DRY AIR AND UPPER RIDGING TO THE EAST HAS SLOWED THE PROGRESS OF RAIN TO THE WEST THIS MORNING...THOUGH EXPECT SHRA/TSRA TO REACH THE FIELD BETWEEN 16Z AND 18Z. CURRENTLY ADVERTISING A BIT OF A BREAK IN THE ACTION AFTER 22Z BEFORE ANOTHER ROBUST AREA OF TSRA MOVES IN AFTER 00Z...THOUGH THERE MAY BE VERY LITTLE IF ANY BREAK BETWEEN THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACTIVITY AND THE EVENING ACTIVITY. THERE MAY BE ONE FINAL ROUND OF SHRA/TSRA WITH THE FROPA SUN MORNING...BUT CONFIDENCE IS CONSIDERABLY LOWER WITH HOW THINGS WILL EVOLVE THAT FAR OUT. NOT EXPECTING ANY SUSTAINED MVFR OR LOWER CIGS UNTIL THE COLD FRONT MOVE INTO THE REGION LATE TONIGHT. KEPT CIG FORECAST CONSERVATIVE FOR NOW SUNDAY MORNING...BUT IFR CONDS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE TO START SUNDAY. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SUN...BECOMING VFR. WINDS WSW AT 10G20KTS. MON...VFR. CHC MVFR TSRA MON NITE. WINDS S 10 TO 15 KTS. TUE...VFR. WITH MVFR/TSRA POSSIBLE. WINDS SE 5-10 KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...MPG LONG TERM...RAH AVIATION...MPG
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 443 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 150945- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 443 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM TIME TO TIME TODAY AND TONIGHT. SOME OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE. THE STORMS TODAY AND TONIGHT WILL CONTAIN TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WHICH COULD LEAD TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL AND ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WI EARLY ON SUNDAY AS COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. WAVES OF MORE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM MONDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH FRIDAY. SOME OF THE STORMS FROM MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MAY BE SEVERE. IN ADDITION...SEVERAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE NEXT WEEK..WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING IN SOME LOCATIONS. THIS WOULD ALSO RESULT IN SIGNIFICANT RISES ON THE MAIN STEM RIVERS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
820 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WSW CLARA CITY 44.95N 95.40W
06/14/2014 E47 MPH CHIPPEWA MN PUBLIC
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NWS TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
825 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0755 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 9 SSW STARBUCK 45.49N 95.60W
06/14/2014 M51 MPH POPE MN MESONET
0755 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 WSW CLARA CITY 44.95N 95.40W
06/14/2014 M47 MPH CHIPPEWA MN MESONET
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IRIS SYSTEMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
913 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0853 AM NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSE SAUK CENTRE 45.71N 94.93W
06/14/2014 M48 MPH STEARNS MN MESONET
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NWS TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
IRIS SYSTEMSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 932 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 MNZ042>045-049>052-058-059-061-141615- TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LONG PRAIRIE...LITTLE FALLS... PRINCETON...MORA...ST. CLOUD...FOLEY...ELK RIVER...CAMBRIDGE... LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...BLAINE 932 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING... SEVERAL REPORTS OF GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS THE SHOWERS TAPER OFF. RECENT WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 51 MPH IN STARBUCK AT 755 AM AND 48 MPH IN SAUK CENTRE AT 853 AM. THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY THE BACKSIDE OF THE SHOWERS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AND IMPACT PORTIONS OF TODD...MORRISON...BENTON... SHERBURNE...WRIGHT...MILLE LACS...KANABEC...ISANTI...AND ANOKA COUNTIES. BORGHOFF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1005 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 MNZ065>068-073>075-082-141715- RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM...ST. PETER...ST. JAMES 1005 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING... SEVERAL REPORTS OF GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS THE SHOWERS TAPER OFF. RECENT WIND GUSTS INCLUDE 44 MPH IN NEW ULM AT 954 AM AND 40 MPH IN GAYLORD AT 954 AM. THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO ACCOMPANY THE BACKSIDE OF THE SHOWERS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AND IMPACT PORTIONS OF RENVILLE...MCLEOD...SIBLEY...CARVER... REDWOOD...BROWN...NICOLLET...AND WATONWAN COUNTIES. BORGHOFF
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1053 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 MNZ059>062-069-076-141730- WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-SCOTT-LE SUEUR- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS...BLAINE... ST. PAUL...SHAKOPEE...LE SUEUR 1053 AM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014 ...A PERIOD OF STRONG WINDS THIS MORNING... SEVERAL REPORTS OF GUSTS BETWEEN 40 AND 50 MPH HAVE BEEN RECORDED THIS MORNING ACROSS WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS THE SHOWERS TAPER OFF. THESE WINDS ARE LIKELY TO CONTINUE ACCOMPANYING THE BACKSIDE OF THE SHOWERS FOR THE NEXT COUPLE HOURS AND IMPACT PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO THROUGH 1230 PM. BORGHOFF
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
7 high wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several wind sensors across Sibley County had measured winds of 40 to 50 mph, with gusts over 50 mph at times. There were reports of downed trees and power lines, with areas of power outages.
Several wind sensors across Hennepin County had measured winds of 40 to 50 mph, with gusts over 50 mph at times. There was a measured wind gust at the Minneapolis/St. Paul International Airport of 68 mph, with Flying Cloud reported a wind gust of 62 mph. There were reports of downed trees and power lines, with areas of power outages. Plus, there were capsized boats on Lake Minnetonka.
Several wind sensors across Carver County had measured winds of 40 to 50 mph, with gusts over 50 mph at times. There were reports of downed trees and power lines, with areas of power outages. Plus, there were capsized boats on Lake Waconia.
Several wind sensors across Ramsey County had measured winds of 40 to 50 mph, with gusts over 50 mph at times. There was a measured wind gust at the St. Paul Airport of 53 mph. There were reports of downed trees and power lines, with areas of power outages.
Several wind sensors across Scott County had measured winds of 40 to 50 mph, with gusts over 50 mph at times. There were reports of downed trees and power lines, with areas of power outages.
Several wind sensors across Mcleod County had measured winds of 40 to 45 mph, with gusts over 50 mph at times. There were reports of downed trees and power lines, with areas of power outages.
Several wind sensors across Dakota County had measured winds of 40 to 45 mph, with gusts over 50 mph at times. There were reports of downed trees and power lines, with areas of power outages.
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