Thunderstorm Wind — Meeker, Minnesota

2024-06-04 · near Greenleaf, Meeker, Minnesota

Event narrative

Sheriff's Office reported that a large pole barn had its roof blown off with all sides collapsing, resulting in one injury.

Wider weather episode

A noteworthy elevated layer of instability built up aloft on the afternoon of June 4th. A line of thunderstorms developed across west-central MN which moved into eastern MN. Low level shear profiles supported an environment capable of producing mesovortices along the line, with damaging wind gusts. A couple of funnel clouds were also spotted, but neither was confirmed to have made ground contact.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1184939. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.