The following events were reported: Thunderstorm Wind, Tornado. These occurred near station USW00014922, approximately 26.4479 km away, between 2015-07-17 23:02:00 and 2015-07-18 00:15:00.Thankfully, no injuries or fatalities were reported. The events caused property damage valued at 1300000.0 and crop damage of 0.0. Episode Narrative: Several severe thunderstorms developed in northeast South Dakota during the late afternoon of Friday, July 17th. These storms moved slowly initially across northeast South Dakota where severe wind gusts, very large hail and a tornado occurred. ||After 730 PM CST, these severe storms began to bow out across west central Minnesota from Morris, southwest to Ortonville. Severe wind gusts were reported in Madison to Appleton City as the bow echo began to accelerate eastward across southern Minnesota.||Numerous reports of downed trees, power lines and occasional hail occurred from the South Dakota, Minnesota border eastward to the Twin Cities, and into west central Wisconsin. ||Damage was more sporadic in western Minnesota, but became more widespread in eastern Minnesota as a more intense bow echo developed. A widespread area of trees and power lines were blown down across the Twin Cities metro area, with some areas measuring wind gusts up to 61 knots. ||One of the bow echo segments produced a brief tornado west of Watertown, where a storm survey indicated an EF1 occurred.||Another significant wind damaged area was in Goodhue County where winds up to 85 mph were estimated based on a local survey. ||At one point during the storm, 225,000 people in Minnesota were without power according to Xcel Energy. Several severe thunderstorms developed in northeast South Dakota during the late afternoon of Friday, July 17th. Event Narrative: Several large trees and power lines were blown down in the city of Watertown. Several large tree branches were blown down southeast of Watertown on Nike Road. A severe squall line that moved from east to northeast across northern Carver County produced a significant swath of tree and power line damage across the city of Waconia. Several of the trees were over 12 inches in diameter. One tree landed on a car and destroyed it. Due to the significant damage to power lines, the power in Waconia was out for several hours. A large tree branch damaged a roof near Christmas Lake in Excelsior. Power was also out in Excelsior. Several large trees were toppled northeast of Hugo. A large tree was blown down in New Prague. Several large trees were blown down with no power for several hours in Lino Lakes. A severe squall line produced significant tree and power line damage across Dakota County from near the Scott, Dakota County border, through Lakeville, Burnsville, Apple Valley, Rosemount, and to Coates. Numerous large trees and tree limbs were blown down with some power outages. A few private weather stations measured wind speeds of 45 to 55 mph. One private weather station had a measured wind gust of 61 knots in Lakeville. A severe squall line produced significant tree damage across Scott County from near Marystown, east-southeast toward Prior Lake and Credit River. Numerous trees were uprooted or toppled in sporadic areas. There were also several private weather stations that measured wind gusts of 45 to 55 mph from Shakopee to Prior Lake. There was also a measured wind gust of 58  mph in Belle Plaine, and 56 mph wind gust west of New Prague. A storm survey indicated that an EF-0 tornado touch downed in the northwest portion of North Oaks, near Charley Lake, and moved east-northeast to the southern side of Deep Lake, where the greatest number of trees were toppled and snapped. Some of the trees fell on houses, vehicles and other structures. The tornado had a path length of 1.9 miles with maximum winds of 80 mph. Several large tree limbs were blown down in the neighborhood of Minnehaha Avenue and White Bear Avenue in northeast St. Paul. A measured wind gust of 50 knots was reported by a private weather station near Long Lake. A measured wind gust of 53 knots was reported by a private weather station near Golden Valley. A measured wind gust of 58 knots was reported by a private weather station near Edina. A measured wind gust of 54 knots was reported by the St. Paul Airport ASOS sensor. A measured wind gust of 61 knots was reported by a private mobile weather station near New Brighton. In addition, there were uprooted trees from New Brighton, northeast to Shoreview. A severe squall line that moved out of Carver County, and into Hennepin County produced significant tree, power pole and power line damage. Reports of numerous large trees were toppled or uprooted from the Hennepin, Carver County line, near Saint Bonifacius, to 4 miles northeast of Minnetrista, then east-northeast toward Maple Plain, Spring Lake and Orono. Numerous trees had diameters of over 12 inches. One of the hardest hit areas was near Saint Bonifacius, where a barn and silo were damaged. The Spirit of the Lakes Festival had several tents blown down, with lots of reports of wires and sparking. A large bow echo surged across eastern Hennepin County causing numerous downed trees and power lines. Some of the trees were 12 inches in diameter. There were also several measured reports of severe wind gusts from private weather stations in Hennepin County. One measured wind gust was 58 knots. In addition, the Spirit of the Lakes Festival had shelters and tents blown down. The Spring Park City Hall had a tree blown down. At one point, 33,000 Xcel Energy customers were out of power in Hennepin County.