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BENCO Electric Cooperative
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MVEC
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Mankato Power Outages Caused by Weather

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January 2, 2023 - Ice Storm

Calls to dispatch centers revealed multiple reports of iced powerlines leaning, but no outages. A CoCoRAHs observer measured 0.25 of ice on upwind side of rain gage, and another mentioned quarter inch of sleet/ice.

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June 10, 2016 - Thunderstorm Wind

A few trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Mankato. A few trees landed on houses and damaged them.

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June 10, 2016 - Thunderstorm Wind

A few trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Mankato. A few trees landed on houses and damaged them.

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June 10, 2016 - Thunderstorm Wind

A few trees and power lines were blown down near the city of Rapidan.

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September 20, 2014 - Thunderstorm Wind

A roof was blown off and power lines were down in the town of Cambria.

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January 2, 2023

A band of rain and freezing rain lifted up across southern Minnesota on the morning of January 03, 2023. There were several pictures of icing on social media. Call to dispatchers verified a few counties in the ice storm warning. Those that didn't have significant impacts were a couple degrees away from a disaster according to one Emergency Manager.||Below are a couple of the noteworthy reports:|Blue Earth County - a couple calls of powerlines iced and leaning. A CoCoRAHs observer measured 0.25 of ice on upwind side of rain gage, and another mentioned quarter inch of sleet/ice.|Faribault County - A few power outages and slippery roads.|Martin County - A few power outages, and at least 1/4 inch of ice on a fence.

July 23, 2022

Severe thunderstorms that developed early Saturday morning across northern South Dakota, moved eastward over west-central Minnesota. Several clusters of storms developed as the main system continued to propagate to the east-southeast during the morning across southern Minnesota. Most of the storms were pulse type and only produced isolated large hail or severe wind gusts. However, a couple of the storms managed to organize across Renville and Sibley Counties of southern Minnesota, and produced up to 3 inch diameter hail near Gibbon. In addition to the hail, severe wind gusts of 70 mph were reported at the Olivia airport, along with several large trees blown down. Another cluster of storms managed to organize near Mankato, to Kenyon by the late morning. The worst damage occurred in Kenyon where uprooted trees caused power outages in the town. Severe storms developed later in the evening and produced a 66 mph wind gust at the Waseca airport, and destroyed a barn northeast of Bixby in Steele County.

June 12, 2017

Thunderstorms developed during the afternoon of Monday, June 12th in far southern Minnesota. These storms moved northeast and produced short-lived bow echoes in Blue Earth County, then east-northeast into Waseca, Steele, Rice and Goodhue Counties. Measured wind gusts of 58 to 62 mph occurred from the town of Morristown to the southwest part of Faribault. There were several trees blown down from Morristown, northeast to the city of Faribault. In addition, there were sporadic power outages and large amounts of blown down power lines and tree limbs.

August 18, 2016

A complex of thunderstorms that developed from morning convection across west central Minnesota, moved southeast across southwest and into south central Minnesota during the afternoon. The storms intensified north of Springfield, Minnesota and races east-southeast across south central Minnesota. Several reports of measured high winds, trees blown down, and power outages from around Springfield, east to Lake Crystal, Mankato, Waseca, and north of Albert Lea. A brief tornado also occurred near Hollandale with damage to the northwest and south side of town.

July 13, 2016

Thunderstorms developed after sunrise in far southwest Minnesota, and moved rapidly east-northeast across southern Minnesota, and into west central Wisconsin. It produced occasional large hail, brief severe wind gusts and torrential rainfall. The largest hail stone was ping pong size, east of St. James. Some structural damage occurred in St. James to a mobile home. A few trees and power lines were also blown down across Le Sueur County.

News

Two seriously hurt in crash that caused power outage | Local News | mankatofreepress.com

MANKATO — Police have released more information about a crash Sept. 19 that caused a power outage near the golf club.

Sep 26, 2022

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Kasson-Mantorville defenders close in on Mankato East’s Ben Glogowski during Friday’s game at Wolverton Field.

Sep 23, 2022

Foundation, partners launch large inclusivity survey | Local News | mankatofreepress.com

MANKATO — The Mankato Area Foundation announced Thursday that MAF and 11 of their public, private and nonprofit sector partners are “launching one of the largest community-led, mixed-method inclusivity studies

Sep 22, 2022

Mankato West lockdown | | mankatofreepress.com

Mankato West High School was locked down Wednesday morning.

Sep 21, 2022

Body found near area Mankato man went missing Share on Facebook Email This Link Share on Twitter Share on Pinterest Share on LinkedIn

The family of a missing 20-year-old from Mankato says his body was found in Glenwood Pond Monday morning.

Sep 12, 2022

UPDATE: Woman pleads guilty in overdose murder case | Local News | mankatofreepress.com

MANKATO — A supplier of fentanyl that caused a fatal overdose in Mankato has pleaded guilty to third-degree murder, according to court records.

Sep 8, 2022

Walk for recovery set for Saturday | Local News | mankatofreepress.com

NORTH MANKATO — The annual walk supporting people in recovery from substance use addictions is set for Saturday at Spring Lake Park in North Mankato.

Sep 2, 2022

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What is Power Outage?

Power outage (also called a power cut, a power blackout, power failure or a blackout) is a short-term or a long-term loss of the electric power to a particular area.

What Causes Power Outages?

  • Severe weather (high winds, lightning, winter storms, heat waves, rain or flooding can cause damage to power lines or equipment);
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  • Repairing, maintenance or upgrades on power lines and equipment.

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Mankato, Minnesota

City Mankato
County Blue Earth
State Minnesota (MN)
Country United States
Zip Codes 56001, 56002, 56003

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