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Strong Winds: November 29, 2002
Strong westerly winds struck Minnesota on November 29th, bowling over Holiday decorations
on the bare frozen lawns around the Twin Cities. The strong winds were enough to break up
the ice on Lake Gervais north of St. Paul. Ice also broke up due to the strong winds on
some of the bays at Lake Minnetonka as well. These strong winds ushered some of the coldest
air of the season so far and the mercury dipped to the single digits in the Twin Cities by
Tuesday December 3rd, and -22 at Cook Minnesota.
Listed below is information from a National Weather Service Public information statement about the strong winds.
PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 205 AM CST SAT NOV 30 2002 ...STRONG WINDS FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... A STRONG COLD FRONT BLASTED THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN ON FRIDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING. WESTERLY WINDS AHEAD OF THE FRONT DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS...AND NORTHWESTERLY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS...BROUGHT TWO DOSES OF STRONG WINDS TO MUCH OF THE AREA. OVER CENTRAL AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE STRONGEST WINDS WERE SUSTAINED FROM 30 TO 40 MPH...GUSTING INTO THE 50 TO 55 MILE AN HOUR RANGE. OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...STRONGEST SUSTAINED WINDS WERE 25 TO 35 MPH...WITH GUSTS INTO THE 40 AND 45 MPH RANGE. WITH THE STRONGEST WINDS PUSHING OUT OF THE STATES...HERE ARE THE PEAK GUSTS GATHERED FROM OBSERVATIONS FROM EVERY AUTOMATED WIND GAUGE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN COUNTY WARNING AREA. PEAK GUST LOCATION TIME (CST) ------------------------------------------------- 58 MPH NEW ULM 758 PM 54 MPH FAIRMONT 1015 PM 51 MPH MADISON 1218 PM 50 MPH ST. JAMES 138 PM 50 MPH OLIVIA 717 PM 50 MPH ALBERT LEA 1017 PM 48 MPH REDWOOD FALLS 110 PM 48 MPH FARIBAULT 215 PM 48 MPH MORRIS 619 PM 48 MPH WILLMAR 1200 PM 48 MPH NEW RICHMOND (WI) 557 PM 47 MPH GLENWOOD 1140 AM 47 MPH BENSON 1135 AM 47 MPH MONTEVIDEO 637 PM 46 MPH WASECA 1016 PM 46 MPH APPLETON 1215 PM 46 MPH HUTCHINSON 1255 PM 45 MPH ALEXANDRIA 618 PM 45 MPH MANKATO 835 PM 44 MPH OWATONNA 858 PM 43 MPH EDEN PRAIRIE 116 PM 41 MPH ST. CLOUD 528 PM 41 MPH CRYSTAL 817 PM 41 MPH ST. PAUL 914 PM 40 MPH LITCHFIELD 636 PM 40 MPH LAKEVILLE 716 PM 40 MPH MINNEAPOLIS 920 PM 39 MPH PRINCETON 1118 AM 39 MPH EAU CLAIRE (WI) 351 PM 38 MPH CAMBRIDGE 956 PM 38 MPH MORA 414 PM 38 MPH SOUTH ST. PAUL 153 PM 37 MPH LITTLE FALLS 321 PM 37 MPH MAPLE LAKE 947 PM 37 MPH BLAINE 759 PM 37 MPH RICE LAKE (WI) 556 PM 36 MPH OSCEOLA (WI) 614 PM 36 MPH RED WING 818 PM
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