Thunderstorm Wind — Nobles, Minnesota

2024-06-17 · near Rushmore, Nobles, Minnesota

Event narrative

Thunderstorm wind gusts reached 60 mph by 0115 CST and peaked at 73 mph at 0117 CST, measured by the Minnesota Road Weather Information System site MN007 near Rushmore.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms erupted late evening on June 16 along a slightly elevated boundary with 2500-3500 J/kg MUCAPE and 30-35 knots of deep-layer effective shear. Initial storms quickly became widespread along the boundary from south central to east central South Dakota and evolved into a large bow echo, which moved through southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa with numerous reports of damaging winds mainly along and south of Interstate 90.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1195835. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.