Thunderstorm Wind — Koochiching, Minnesota

2022-05-30 · near Little Fork, Koochiching, Minnesota

Event narrative

Trees were reported down near US Highway 71 and State Highway 65.

Wider weather episode

A strong area of low pressure across the Northern Plains lifted a warm front across the Northland on Memorial Day morning. Showers and storms moved through during the morning hours with the atmosphere recovering during the afternoon hours. A few of the storms were severe during the morning and produced small hail and tree damage. An arc of thunderstorms developed across southwestern Minnesota and adjacent areas of Nebraska, South Dakota and Iowa by the mid-afternoon hours and moved to the northeast and across the Northland for the late afternoon and evening hours. These storms were much stronger and contained very strong winds that produced widespread damage across the region. Additionally, there were a few embedded tornadoes with the storms with the strongest tornadoes producing EF-1 damage in the Deer River and Hinckley areas.

View location on OpenStreetMap → (48.4000, -93.5700)

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1030292. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.