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Little Rock Lake Weather and Phenology
Weather & Phenology in Review
Jim Hovda - jhovda.rice@jetup.net
Little Rock Lake resident Jim Hovda composes this "Little Rock Lake Weather and Phenology" newsletter, monthly from his home on the north shore of Little Rock Lake.
(These Reports were formerly called the "NORTH FREEDOM ROAD COALITION REPORT".)
2010
WEATHER MEMORIES OF 2010 - posted 1/7/2011
This link is to information from the National Weather Service in Duluth about the record low pressure system we hhave recently experienced here. From the article:"An extratropical cyclone of rare intensity impacted parts of Northeast Minnesota and Northwest Wisconsin on October 26-27, 2010. While the storm traveled directly across the Northland, it impacted the weather conditions across a large portion of North America. In the left hand image below, you can see that the low, while centered in northern Minnesota, was powerful and large enough to affect the wind field from Hudson Bay south to the Gulf Coast, and from the Rocky Mountains east to the Atlantic Coast." CLICK ON LINK for more information.PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
529 PM CDT WED AUG 18 2010
...DOWNBURST WIND DAMAGE CONFIRMED IN NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AND NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY FROM AUGUST 13TH...
A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STORM DAMAGE SURVEY TEAM FROM THE WEATHER FORECAST OFFICE IN CHANHASSEN DETERMINED THAT A DOWNBURST CAUSED SUBSTANTIAL TREE DAMAGE IN PORTIONS OF STEARNS AND BENTON COUNTIES ON FRIDAY AUGUST 13TH.EVENT...DOWNBURST
ESTIMATED WIND SPEED...WIDESPREAD 60 MPH WINDS WITH POCKETS OF WIND BETWEEN 80 AND 90 MPH. AN 81 MPH WIND SPEED WAS MEASURED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF LITTLE ROCK LAKE APPROXIMATELY THREE MILES EAST OF RICE. THE WIND SENSOR WAS ATTACHED TO A TOWER THAT WAS BLOWN OVER WHEN THE WIND SPEED REACHED 81 MPH.
LOCATION...DAMAGE OCCURRED IN EXTREME NORTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AND IN NORTHWESTERN BENTON COUNTY...ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CITY OF RICE.
TIMING...WIND DAMAGE OCCURRED APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 3:05 PM AND 3:15 PM.
DAMAGE...EXTENSIVE AND WIDE SPREAD TREE DAMAGE FOUND WITH THOUSANDS OF TREES DOWN. STRONG WINDS IN THE AREA WERE SUSTAINED FOR SEVERAL MINUTES. NO EVIDENCE OF TORNADOES WAS FOUND
KRAUSE/DEVINNY(posted 8-19-10)
(posted 8-19-10)Update on the Friday the 13th Storm - observations - posted 8/16/2010
Information from the Flooding March 18th and 19th, 2010 - information all compiled into 1 report.
David & Jennifer Olson residence Photo taken by Jennifer OlsonPREVIOUS YEARS
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