Thunderstorm Wind — Olmsted, Minnesota

2025-07-28 · near Oronoco, Olmsted, Minnesota

Event narrative

A storm chaser reported whole trees knocked over in Oronoco.

Wider weather episode

During the late evening hours on July 28th, a line of intense thunderstorms moved into southeast Minnesota and produced severe wind gusts along with widespread wind damage. Most notably a wind gust of 76 mph was observed at Rochester International Airport along with several other wind gusts over 70 mph across the region. Storms eventually moved south and east into Wisconsin and Iowa as they weakened overnight.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1284788. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.