Thunderstorm Wind — Clearwater, Minnesota

2018-06-29 · near Zerkel, Clearwater, Minnesota

60 EG

Magnitude

Event narrative

A few large tree branches were blown down at a campground.

Wider weather episode

The early morning hours of Friday, June 29th, remained warm and muggy. Just after midnight, temperatures were still in the 70s with dew points around 70. A line of thunderstorms moved into the Devils Lake area around 2 am CDT. This line of storms had several bowing segments, which are indicative of strong winds. The most obvious bowing segment between highway 2 and Interstate 94, where the most amount of damage occurred. The main bowing segment exited into north central Minnesota around 6 am CDT. Well behind the bowing thunderstorm complex, a mesoscale convective vortex (MCV) formed, and produced another round of widespread damaging winds.

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Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event_id 759929. Narrative written by the NWS forecast office that issued the report.