High Wind in Cottonwood, Minnesota

Sustained winds were between 40 and 46 mph at times, with gusts as high as 65 mph at a Minnesota Department of Transportation site near Jeffers.

Two cold fronts associated with an elongated surface low pressure system swept across southwest Minnesota during the morning and early afternoon of February 18. Periods of sustained winds from 40 to 49 mph with gusts as high as 65 mph were reported across the area. Light snow developed along the Highway 14 corridor where a few areas picked up a half-inch up to two inches of accumulation. Related reductions in visibility were brief.