Thunderstorm Wind — Freeborn, Minnesota

2024-06-12 · near Conger, Freeborn, Minnesota

Event narrative

The deck of a house was damaged. A grill was blown off the deck. A shed was also damaged. A home weather station measured 79 mph. A lean-to was also torn off a horse barn at the neighboring farm.

Wider weather episode

A cold front associated with low pressure proceeded through MN on June 12th. Early morning warm advection helped to spawn storms in the morning and midday hours. Instability increased across western MN during the afternoon to values between 2000 to 3000 J/kg, with shear between 40-50 kts. Scattered thunderstorms began to develop across western MN and move east. Across central MN, storms mainly produced damaging wind gusts, large hail, and heavy rainfall.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1208140. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.