Thunderstorm Wind — Dakota, Minnesota

2025-07-28 · near West St Paul, Dakota, Minnesota

Event narrative

Report of a tree down on Southview Blvd near Hwy 52.

Wider weather episode

A line of thunderstorms developed over western MN and progressed eastward during the evening of July 28th, 2025. As this line of storms reached eastern MN, storm intensity increased, producing 60 to 70 mph damaging wind gusts across the Twin Cities metro down to Mankato.

There were numerous reports of trees down and power outages across several areas. A couple noteworthy gusts were measured by the Scott County Mesonet in Shakopee at 65 mph. The Owatonna airport AWOS in Steele Co measured 70 mph.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1287506. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.