Thunderstorm Wind — Nobles, Minnesota

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

Event narrative

Photo was provided of some significant tree damage on the edge of Ellsworth with up to one foot diameter tree limbs snapped off. Crop damage is an estimate from insured losses. Information provided by the United States Department of Agriculture.

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 1198876. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.