Thunderstorm Wind — Pipestone, Minnesota

2025-09-14 · near Pipestone, Pipestone, Minnesota

Event narrative

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.

Wider weather episode

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.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 1292615. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.