Thunderstorm Wind — Itasca, Minnesota

2024-08-03 · near Inger, Itasca, Minnesota

Event narrative

Six trees were down around Portage Lake with the largest being about 16 inches in diameter.

Wider weather episode

Thunderstorms developed ahead of a cold front during the afternoon hours of the 3rd across the Brainerd Lakes region. The environment was supportive of strong to severe storms and some of the storms did produce mainly large hail along with a few damaging wind gusts. The largest hail was 2 inches in diameter near Backus along with sporadic reports of tree damage.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1199803. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.