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Thunderstorm Wind in Brown County, Minnesota

Thunderstorm Wind July 20, 1998 · Brown County, Minnesota

Wind speed (unit not recorded)

$7.0M

Damage as recorded

$4.0M

Crop damage

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

What the National Weather Service wrote

4,000 trees blown down. 10 businesses lost portions of their roof. Mobile home destroyed. Maintenance hangar at airport destroyed, damaging several airplanes. 400 ft TV tower blown down. Poultry bldg levelled at fairgrounds. Reception hall lost its roof. Large trees blown down at local cemeteries. The statue of Hermann the German damaged. Estimated 5% of crops or about 50,000 acres in county destroyed. Damage estimate for entire county.

Began near New Ulm (44.3200, -94.4700).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5659381. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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