Thunderstorm Wind — Rice, Minnesota

2024-08-29 · near Faribault, Rice, Minnesota

Event narrative

Multiple large trees down with some landing on power lines and resulting in power outages across north Faribault.

Wider weather episode

A well-defined cold front associated with a strong upper-level low produced widespread wind damage and a few tornadoes throughout central and eastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin on August 29th, 2024. Four tornadoes occurred. There were also a number of downbursts, with some of the most significant downburst damage in Champlin, Anoka, and Cottage Grove.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1212635. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.