A couple rounds of severe storms rolled across southeast Minnesota during the evening of September 24th. These storms produced a tornado that moved through Lake City (Wabasha County). Trees and building roofs were damaged along with dry docked boats at the marina. Wind gusts were estimated to be in the 70 to 80 mph range in Zumbro Falls (Wabasha County). Trees were blown down in and near Rochester (Olmsted County), in Lewiston (Winona County) and in Winona (Winona County) where the roof of a restaurant was also damaged. Damage from the storms caused numerous power outages with 1,200 losing power in Winona, 1,400 across western Wabasha County, between 800 and 900 in Rochester and around 300 across Dodge County. A local disaster declaration was made in Lake City.

Thunderstorm Wind in WINONA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:51:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:51:00 (CST-6)
Location: GOODVIEW
Magnitude: 51.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Trees and power lines were blown down in Goodview. The downed trees blocked some roads. Some trees were started on fire by the downed power lines.

Thunderstorm Wind in MOWER, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 18:54:00 to 24-SEP-19 18:54:00 (CST-6)
Location: AUSTIN ACRES
Magnitude: 45.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several trees were blown down near Austin.

Tornado in WABASHA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 18:58:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:01:00 (CST-6)
Location: LAKE CITY
Tornado F-scale: EF0
Property damage: 250.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: NWS Storm Survey

An EF0 tornado moved through Lake City. Along the path of the tornado, numerous trees were downed with some landing on houses and mobile homes. The roof of a building was blown off heavily damaging a bank. Some boats that were dry docked at a marina were blown over.

Thunderstorm Wind in OLMSTED, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:12:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:12:00 (CST-6)
Location: ROCHESTER
Magnitude: 56.00 EG
Property damage: 40.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Several trees were blown down across Rochester. A few homes were damaged when trees landed on them.

Thunderstorm Wind in WINONA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:51:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:51:00 (CST-6)
Location: WINONA
Magnitude: 51.00 EG
Property damage: 2.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Trees were blown down on the campus of Winona State University in Winona.

Thunderstorm Wind in DODGE, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 18:46:00 to 24-SEP-19 18:46:00 (CST-6)
Location: DODGE CENTER
Magnitude: 53.00 EG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

Trees were blown down in Dodge Center.

Thunderstorm Wind in DODGE, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 18:48:00 to 24-SEP-19 18:48:00 (CST-6)
Location: BERNE
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Trees were blown down east of Berne.

Thunderstorm Wind in WINONA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:35:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:35:00 (CST-6)
Location: UTICA
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

An estimated 60 mph wind gust occurred in Utica.

Thunderstorm Wind in WINONA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:53:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:53:00 (CST-6)
Location: WINONA
Magnitude: 51.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

The roof of a restaurant was damaged by high winds.

Thunderstorm Wind in WABASHA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:00:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:00:00 (CST-6)
Location: HAMMOND
Magnitude: 50.00 EG
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

A tree was blown down on a car in Hammond.

Thunderstorm Wind in WINONA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:48:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:48:00 (CST-6)
Location: LEWISTON
Magnitude: 57.00 EG
Property damage: 3.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Large trees were blown down in Lewiston.

Thunderstorm Wind in OLMSTED, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:05:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:05:00 (CST-6)
Location: (RST)ROCHESTER MUNI
Magnitude: 52.00 EG
Property damage: 50.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

A large section of a roof was blown off a horse show barn northwest of Stewartville. None of the 15 horses inside the barn were injured.

Thunderstorm Wind in WINONA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:54:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:54:00 (CST-6)
Location: WINONA
Magnitude: 51.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Emergency Manager

Numerous trees blown down in Winona. Power outages in Winona, Goodview and Minnesota City affected around 1,200 customers.

Thunderstorm Wind in OLMSTED, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:12:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:12:00 (CST-6)
Location: JUDGE
Magnitude: 54.00 EG
Property damage: 40.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Trees were blown down, part of a barn roof peeled off and some calf hutches were overturned north of Stewartville. One of the downed trees landed on and significantly damaged a garage.

Thunderstorm Wind in MOWER, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 18:57:00 to 24-SEP-19 18:57:00 (CST-6)
Location: AUSTIN
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: AWOS

The automated weather observing equipment at the Austin airport measured a wind gust of 60 mph.

Thunderstorm Wind in OLMSTED, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:10:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:10:00 (CST-6)
Location: (RST)ROCHESTER MUNI
Magnitude: 52.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: ASOS

The automated weather observing equipment at the Rochester airport measured a 60 mph wind gust.

Thunderstorm Wind in WABASHA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 18:58:00 to 24-SEP-19 18:58:00 (CST-6)
Location: ZUMBRO FALLS
Magnitude: 70.00 EG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

An estimated 80 mph wind gust occurred in Zumbro Falls.

Lightning in DODGE, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 18:59:00 to 24-SEP-19 18:59:00 (CST-6)
Location: HAYFIELD
Property damage: 10.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

A lightning strike caused a structure fire in Blooming Prairie.

Thunderstorm Wind in WABASHA, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 18:55:00 to 24-SEP-19 18:55:00 (CST-6)
Location: ZUMBRO FALLS
Magnitude: 61.00 EG
Property damage: 5.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Law Enforcement

An estimated 70 mph wind gust occurred in Zumbro Falls. Power outages were reported in town.

Thunderstorm Wind in MOWER, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:07:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:07:00 (CST-6)
Location: DEXTER
Magnitude: 56.00 MG
Property damage: 0.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Mesonet

A mesonet station near Dexter measured a 65 mph wind gust.

Thunderstorm Wind in OLMSTED, MINNESOTA
From 24-SEP-19 19:15:00 to 24-SEP-19 19:15:00 (CST-6)
Location: RINGE
Magnitude: 53.00 EG
Property damage: 1.00K
Crop damage: 0.00K
Reported by: Public

Large tree limbs were blown down northwest of Viola.