Heavy Rains and Severe Storms: September 2, 2010

The wet summer of 2010 continues into September. A strong area of low pressure in North Dakota, along with a warm front lifting northward over southern Minnesota spawned severe thunderstorms that began in western Minnesota shortly after midnight on September 2, and moved across the state during the overnight hours. Many people woke up to the rumble of thunder in the wee hours of the morning.

A wide swath of central and southern Minnesota received from one half to an inch and a half of rain. There were also large hail and damaging winds reported. Hail the size of golf balls was reported west of Foley in Stearns County, and wind bent a rain road crossing arm at Olivia in Renville County. The heaviest rains were reported in Lincoln, Lyon and Redwood County. The heaviest rainfall reported so far was 5.2 inches in Arco and 4.8 inches at Ivanhoe in Lincoln County. Water covered a mile of Highway 16, 6 miles south of Hendricks in Lincoln County. The National Weather Service issued a flood warning for the Redwood River near Marshall in Lyon County. The predicted crest is 14.4 feet, four tenths of a foot above flood stage.

One interesting phenomena with this complex of thunderstorms were the strong winds associated with the dying thunderstorms as they moved to the east over the Duluth area. Wind gusts over 40 mph were reported in the Duluth-Superior area, with 52mph reported at the Duluth National Weather Service, and 58mph reported on the Blatnik bridge, south of downtown Duluth. These winds were associated with a wake low, which is a localized minimum in air pressure that can sometimes develop behind an area of thunderstorms that is weakening.

 


 

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
1126 AM CDT THU SEP 02 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1017 PM     HAIL             17 S PUKWANA            43.53N 99.17W
09/01/2010  E1.00 INCH       BRULE              SD   TRAINED SPOTTER

0330 AM     FLASH FLOOD      MARSHALL                44.45N 95.79W
09/02/2010                   LYON               MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            WATER OVER HIGHWAY 59 IN MARSHALL

0335 AM     TSTM WND DMG     6 S HENDRICKS           44.42N 96.43W
09/02/2010                   LINCOLN            MN   PUBLIC

            TREE BRANCHES 3 TO 4 INCHES IN DIAMETER BROKEN OFF. LOTS
            OF TREE DEBRIS IN YARD.

0335 AM     HAIL             6 S HENDRICKS           44.42N 96.43W
09/02/2010  E1.00 INCH       LINCOLN            MN   PUBLIC

            ALONG WITH 5 PLUS INCHES OF RAINFALL.

0335 AM     FLASH FLOOD      6 S HENDRICKS           44.42N 96.43W
09/02/2010                   LINCOLN            MN   PUBLIC

            VERY HEAVY RAINFALL OF MORE THAN 5 INCHES. WATER COVERING
            AREA ROADWAYS. HIGHWAY 16 HAS WATER OVER IT FOR A MILE IN
            EITHER DIRECTION.

0345 AM     FLASH FLOOD      5 W HENDRICKS           44.50N 96.53W
09/02/2010                   BROOKINGS          SD   CO-OP OBSERVER

            VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. MORE THAN 5 INCHES. DITCHES OVER
            FLOWING AND FLOWING HEAVILY INTO NEARBY OAK LAKE.
            SECONDARY ROADS ON THE WEST SIDE OF OAK LAKE ARE
            PARTIALLY WASHED OUT.

0400 AM     FLASH FLOOD      WHITE                   44.43N 96.65W
09/02/2010                   BROOKINGS          SD   EMERGENCY MNGR

            EM REPORTS FLOODING IN THE COUNTY.FLOODING REPORTED FROM
            BUSHNELL TO WHITE AND NORTH TO THE COUNTY LINE.. TOWNSHIP
            ROADS ALONG 6 MILE CREEK FROM WHITE NORTHWARD TO COUNTY
            LINE ARE UNDERWATER.

0400 AM     HAIL             9 N SLAYTON             44.12N 95.79W
09/02/2010  E0.88 INCH       MURRAY             MN   PUBLIC

            JUST A FEW STONES IN ADDITION TO MORE THAN 1.5 INCHES OF
            RAIN.


PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
330 AM CDT THU SEP 02 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0100 AM     NON-TSTM WND DMG OLIVIA                  44.78N 95.00W
09/02/2010                   RENVILLE           MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            NUMEROUS ROAD SIGNS BLOW DOWN.

0105 AM     TSTM WND DMG     OLIVIA                  44.78N 95.00W
09/02/2010                   RENVILLE           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            RAIL ROAD CROSSING ARM AT HWY 71 AND HWY 212...BENT IN
            HIGH WINDS.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
221 AM CDT THU SEP 02 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 AM     HAIL             4 W FOLEY               45.66N 93.99W
09/02/2010  M1.75 INCH       BENTON             MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A DEPUTY WEST OF
            FOLEY.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
159 AM CDT THU SEP 02 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0145 AM     TSTM WND GST     SARTELL                 45.62N 94.21W
09/02/2010  M62 MPH          STEARNS            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
931 AM CDT THU SEP 02 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0610 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 6 NW DULUTH             46.84N 92.21W
09/02/2010  M52.00 MPH       ST. LOUIS          MN   ASOS

            MEASURED AT DULUTH INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ASOS /DLH/. PEAK
            WIND OF 45 KNOTS.

0614 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 NE SUPERIOR           46.72N 92.03W
09/02/2010  M44.00 MPH       LSZ145             WI   AWOS

            GUSTS TO 38 KNOTS MEASURED AT SKY HARBOR AIRPORT /DYT/.

0615 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 2 SSE DULUTH            46.75N 92.10W
09/02/2010  M58.00 MPH       LSZ145             MN   MESONET

            50 KNOT GUST MEASURED AT MINNESOTA DOT SITE ON BLATNIK
            BRIDGE / PIER 20.

0618 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 1 SSE DULUTH            46.77N 92.11W
09/02/2010  M44.00 MPH       ST. LOUIS          MN   OTHER FEDERAL

            38.1 KNOT GUST MEASURED AT DULM5 GREAT LAKES MARINE /
            WATER LEVEL OBSERVATION SITE.

0620 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST 3 SE DULUTH             46.75N 92.07W
09/02/2010  M44.00 MPH       LSZ145             MN   PUBLIC

            MEASURED ON A PRIVATE WEATHER STATION ON PARK POINT.

0802 AM     NON-TSTM WND GST DEVILS ISLAND           47.07N 90.73W
09/02/2010  M43.00 MPH       ASHLAND            WI   C-MAN STATION

            37 KNOT PEAK WIND AT DEVILS ISLAND CMAN /DISW3/.


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WIND GUSTS OVER 40 MPH FROM THIS MORNING/S WAKE LOW EVENT. MANY OTHER
30-40MPH GUSTS WERE RECORDED...PARTICULARLY IN THE TWIN PORTS AREA.
WAKE LOWS ARE LOCALIZED MINIMA IN PRESSURE THAT SOMETIMES DEVELOP
BEHIND WEAKENING AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS...AS WAS THE CASE THIS
MORNING. THE SHARPER CONTRAST IN PRESSURE OVER A SMALL AREA PRODUCES

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