Power Outage in Glenwood, MN

Several large trees, and powerlines were blown down in Glenwood, some were blocking roads. South of Kensington, several larger tree branches were blown down. Other areas along highway 55 had some tree branches blown down. Trees and powerlines also blown down on the east side of Grove Lake, with two reported pontoons flipped over on Lake Minnewaska.

Several large trees, and powerlines were blown down in Glenwood, some were blocking roads. South of Kensington, several larger tree branches were blown down. Other areas along highway 55 had some tree branches blown down. Trees and powerlines also blown down on the east side of Grove Lake, with two reported pontoons flipped over on Lake Minnewaska.

Numerous trees and power lines were blown down along a sixteen mile long path of damage with a swath about six to eight miles wide that occurred from Farwell and northern Starbuck, to the southern side of Lake Minnewaska and the southeast side of Glenwood. An electric transmission company had three metal truss towers collapse about 2.5 miles east of Lowry. The towers were 187 feet tall, with 1700 feet of spacing between each tower. Using the enhanced Fujita scale, damage indicator 24 (ETL) applies very well; its lower bound for a degree of damage 6 is 116 mph (101 knots). The towers were rated for 120 mph. Eight miles to the southeast of the towers, on the southern fringe of the swath, an observer with a home weather station two miles south of Glenwood measured 91 mph before the power went out. The anemometer was mounted ten feet above the top of the house, and was above the tree tops. Windows were blown in and shingles ripped off. The roof of an adjacent house was blown away, and numerous trees were toppled or broken.

Several trees and power lines were downed. A truck was damaged on First Avenue SW by a downed tree. A home on First Avenue NE was struck by a pine tree that was snapped off at its base. A city vehicle shed was blown apart on the north side of town and the roof was deposited 100 yards away. Several downed trees blocked South Lakeshore Drive. Several pontoon boats and the lifts they were attached to were blown into Lake Minnewaska.

Few trees and power poles down.

Trees and power lines down.