Power Outage in Buffalo, MN

Periods of heavy snow fell across Wright County from Tuesday evening, through Wednesday morning. The precipitation turned over to freezing rain, sleet and rain during the evening, before turning back to snow overnight. Locally 4 to 8 inches of snow fell, with some ice accumulating on trees and power lines.

Several trees were blown down and knocked down power lines.

One home lost part of its roof, and others lost shingles. Several homes had windows blown in. Several dozen trees and a number of power poles were broken or knocked down. Siding and soffits were ripped off a few houses. Numerous backyard fences were blown over. A pole barn was lifted up about three feet before being set back down. The tornado was photographed and videotaped by several people. The condensation funnel was not fully extended, and the debris cloud never extended as high as the condensation funnel. The tornado was a marginal EF-1, with winds near 90 mph.

Six to eight inch tree limbs severed. Few power lines down.

Hundreds of trees and power lines were downed and a handful of buildings were damaged across the northwest portion of the county. The hardest hit areas included the communities of Annandale, Corinna Township, Maple Lake, St. Michael, Clearwater, and South Haven. Significant tree damage was also reported at Clearwater Lake, Pleasant Lake, Lake Sylvia, Schroeder County Park, Camp Friendship, and Lake Maria State Park. Highway 24 near Clearwater Lake was blocked by downed trees, and boats and docks on the lake were damaged. A wind gust of 64 MPH was recorded in Maple Lake at 1:35 AM CDT. A gust of 52 MPH was recorded in Cokato and a gust of 47 MPH was recorded in Annandale at 1:30 AM CDT.

Measured by MNDOT AWOS. Numerous trees and power lines down in Maple Lake, including one across a road.

A line of storms that developed across South Dakota during the early morning hours of Thursday, June 27th, continued to progress eastward into west central, and southwest Minnesota after sunrise. A few wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph occurred within this line, as some of the Department of Transportation wind sensors measured wind gusts less than 50 mph. Isolated damage occurred near Delano where a large tree was blown down. Otherwise, most of the reports were of a few small branches blown down, or power outages due to small limbs landing on power lines.