Thunderstorm Wind — Goodhue, Minnesota

2024-06-05 · near Stanton Carleton Arp, Goodhue, Minnesota

51 MG

Magnitude

Event narrative

The AWOS station located at the Stanton airport measured a 59-mph wind gust.

Wider weather episode

A large low pressure system over Ontario, Canada forced multiple frontal boundaries to sweep across the northern plains. These boundaries aided in an increase of northwest winds causing blustery conditions that accompanied with showers and thunderstorms. Enough instability was in place during the afternoon for pulse-like convection to occur with the primary hazard of gusty winds and small hail.

A pocket of forcing along a weak frontal boundary allowed a few of these thunderstorms to become temporarily strong, producing small hail and marginally severe wind gusts.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1172673. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.