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Thunderstorm Wind in Clearwater County, Minnesota
Thunderstorm Wind June 29, 2018 · Clearwater County, Minnesota
Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.
What the National Weather Service wrote
A few large tree branches were blown down at a campground.
The wider storm
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.
Began near Zerkel (47.3300, -95.5500).
Other tornadoes from the same storm system
3 more tornadoes the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.
Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 759929. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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