Thunderstorm Wind in Pipestone County, Minnesota

Thunderstorm Wind September 14, 2025 · Pipestone County, Minnesota

70 mph

Estimated gust (61 kt)

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Thunderstorm wind gusts blew down a large tree and knocked out power across much of Pipestone. There was not much rain, but a couple minutes of very strong wind.

The wider storm

A weak impulse lifted northward through the Central Plains within a high amplitude upper air pattern and around 30 knots of mainly deep-layer speed shear. Afternoon surface heating resulted in 1000-1500 J/kg MLCAPE and almost an equal amount of DCAPE given broad mid-level dry air. The thunderstorms that developed were relatively brief, but produced sporadic damaging wind gusts.

Began near Pipestone (44.0000, -96.3100).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 1292615. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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