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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
Tree damage was reported at a farmstead. A wind sensor measured 55 mph winds before a power outage knocked it out.
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 Gonvick (47.7100, -95.4900).
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 759930. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.
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