Here’s an updated list of severe weather reports as a bow echo raced from western Minnesota/eastern Dakotas early Thursday morning to central and southeast Minnesota. Winds around 60-80 mph were not uncommon, taking down trees and damaging property as this intense line of storms pushed through. Not only that, but some locations picked up quite a bit of rain in a short time period (it will at least help the abnormally dry conditions a little bit around Minnesota).
The yellow dots are damaging winds; the blue are hail reports.
You can easily see the path the storms took just by looking at the storm reports above. Both the image and the reports below are courtesy of the National Weather Service in Chanhassen and La Crosse.
0816 AM TSTM WND GST 4 W MORRISTOWN 44.22N 93.53W 07/31/2008 M58.00 MPH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER TREES DOWN NEAR HWY 60. 0823 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 S MORRISTOWN 44.21N 93.44W 07/31/2008 RICE MN AMATEUR RADIO LARGE HAY BALES BLOWN ACROSS ROAD. 18 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN. 0830 AM HAIL 2 N FREEBORN 43.80N 93.56W 07/31/2008 M0.75 INCH FREEBORN MN TRAINED SPOTTER ESTIMATED 50 MPH WIND GUST. 0830 AM TSTM WND DMG OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W 07/31/2008 STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER LARGE TREES DOWN IN CENTRAL PARK. MINOR STREET FLOODING. PORT-O-POTTY BLOWN 20 FEET. SMALL TO MEDIUM LIMBS ON GROUND...DEBRIS EVERYWHERE. 0833 AM TSTM WND GST 4 N MORRISTOWN 44.28N 93.44W 07/31/2008 M58.00 MPH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER 0835 AM TSTM WND GST OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W 07/31/2008 M72.00 MPH STEELE MN AWOS AIRPORT. 0836 AM TSTM WND DMG MANKATO 44.17N 93.99W 07/31/2008 BLUE EARTH MN TRAINED SPOTTER MN VIKINGS TRAINING CAMP TENTS AND CROWD CONTROL FENCES ALL BLOWN DOWN. 8 INCH DIAMETER LIMB OFF TREE...ON MSMU CAMPUS. SEVERAL OTHER 2 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES. POWER OUT IN SOME AREAS...NEAR CAMPUS. 0836 AM TSTM WND DMG 5 S FARIBAULT 44.22N 93.27W 07/31/2008 RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER SEMI TRUCK BLOWN OVER ON I-35. 0838 AM TSTM WND GST 4 N MORRISTOWN 44.28N 93.44W 07/31/2008 M68.00 MPH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER CEDAR LAKE. 0838 AM TSTM WND GST 1 W MORRISTOWN 44.22N 93.46W 07/31/2008 M61.00 MPH RICE MN TRAINED SPOTTER 30 FOOT PINE TREE UPROOTED. 18 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. 0840 AM TSTM WND DMG MEDFORD 44.17N 93.24W 07/31/2008 STEELE MN AMATEUR RADIO MULTIPLE TREES UP TO 24 INCH DIAMETER BLOWN DOWN IN TOWN ROADS BLOCKED. HARDWOODS SNAPPED OFF AT 6 FEET OFF GROUND...PINES ARE UPROOTED. 0840 AM TSTM WND DMG 1 N MANCHESTER 43.74N 93.45W 07/31/2008 FREEBORN MN AMATEUR RADIO 8 INCH DIAMETER BRANCH DOWN. 0840 AM TSTM WND DMG BLOOMING PRAIRIE 43.87N 93.05W 07/31/2008 STEELE MN TRAINED SPOTTER SMALL TREE DOWN...MANY BRANCHES AND OTHER DEBRIS ON LAWNS. 0840 AM TSTM WND DMG OWATONNA 44.09N 93.22W 07/31/2008 STEELE MN AMATEUR RADIO ONE 6 INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. ONE 12 TO 18 IBCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN. 0852 AM TSTM WND GST 1 W DODGE CENTER 44.03N 92.87W 07/31/2008 M84.00 MPH DODGE MN TRAINED SPOTTER 0852 AM TSTM WND GST WEST CONCORD 44.15N 92.90W 07/31/2008 M60.00 MPH DODGE MN TRAINED SPOTTER 0855 AM TSTM WND GST WEST CONCORD 44.15N 92.90W 07/31/2008 M50.00 MPH DODGE MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE 0855 AM TSTM WND GST DODGE CENTER 44.03N 92.85W 07/31/2008 M63.00 MPH DODGE MN AWOS 0858 AM TSTM WND GST BYRON 44.03N 92.65W 07/31/2008 M54.00 MPH OLMSTED MN FIRE DEPT/RESCUE 0925 AM TSTM WND DMG SPRING VALLEY 43.69N 92.39W 07/31/2008 FILLMORE MN AMATEUR RADIO TREE DOWN 0940 AM TSTM WND GST ROCHESTER 44.01N 92.48W 07/31/2008 M61.00 MPH OLMSTED MN ASOS 1055 AM TSTM WND GST PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 43.04N 91.14W 07/31/2008 M60.00 MPH CRAWFORD WI AWOS 1100 AM TSTM WND GST 3 S LYNXVILLE 43.20N 91.05W 07/31/2008 M53.00 MPH CRAWFORD WI FIRE DEPT/RESCUE 1110 AM TSTM WND DMG PRAIRIE DU CHIEN 43.04N 91.14W 07/31/2008 CRAWFORD WI EMERGENCY MNGR 1 TELEPHONE POLE DOWN ALONG WITH TREE BRANCHES. 1124 AM TSTM WND GST LANCASTER 42.85N 90.71W 07/31/2008 E60.00 MPH GRANT WI PUBLIC TREE BLOWN ONTO HOME BUT NO DAMAGE REPORTED. 1139 AM TSTM WND DMG PLATTEVILLE 42.74N 90.48W 07/31/2008 GRANT WI EMERGENCY MNGR NUMEROUS TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN TOWN.
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This post was written by Steph on August 1, 2008
