Thunderstorm Wind — Mnz003 - 017 - 022>024 - 027>032 - 042, Minnesota

1995-07-13 · near Portions of West Cen, Mnz003 - 017 - 022>024 - 027>032 - 042, Minnesota

Event narrative

Trees up to four and one-half feet in diameter were blown down in Clay and Becker Counties. Numerous roofs blown off houses in the town of Hawley in Clay County. Tree damage was extensive at the Hawley golf course. Five boy scouts camping in tents and cabins at Many Point Lake Scout Camp near Ponsford were injured by falling trees. Two barns were destroyed at a chicken farm near Lake Park. Some homes were without electricity for up to a week. Over one thousand trees blown down at Itasca State Park in southern Clearwater County. One camper injured when a tree fell on her tent. Large trees down in Clarissa, Eagle Bend and Browerville areas of Todd County. The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) estimated nearly 129,000 total acres of timber were destroyed by the storms of July 12-14. This estimate was based partly on aerial photography. The area of downed trees extended primarily across southern Clearwater, southeast Mahnomen, northwest Hubbard and northern Becker Counties. The DNR estimated that 5.2 million trees were blown down, tipped over or broken off. The appraised value of the timber lost or damaged was estimated at $15.5 million . This amount of timber would have been worth about a third of a billion dollars after having been cut, milled, sold and made into finished products. Only about half of the timber damaged was expected to be salvaged.

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 10331413. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.