Storm Check/ Damage reports.

[RumRiverRat]

Looks like we are going to get rocked.

As Ian Leonard would say "We are under the gun."

Stay Safe People!

[GatorBait]

Doesn't look pretty for the Cities right now. Hoping it fizzles out by the time it reaches my area. We've had enough for one week.

[knoppers]

not too bad in big lake, winds up to near 70, lots of rain, but no hail. some small branches down.

[harvey lee]

Arlington had about a 1/4 at the very most for rain. Maybe 15 minutes of 30-40 mph winds. Looks like it is over for us.

[LMITOUT]

Snoozer.

[Scott K]

Not much happened here either.

[Rippinlip]

Looks to be past us also, very little rain or wind. Split us perfectly.

[Esox_Magnum]

We got hammered, 70-80 mph winds, rain estamates of 3" an hour, lots of trres and powelines down. Partner working at a bar on the lake said their docks half gone and quite a few pleasure boats are now on shore.

[Brad B]

My housing addition lost power for 4 hours. a lot of power lines down all over wright county. the worst damage was a house fire in hanover caused by a lighting strike. it took 4 different fire departments to put it out. no hail around the monticello area.

[Larson01]

Centerville/ Lino Lakes area had a LOT of rain, no hail though, winds peaking in the 80s I believe. Not sure on damage yet, none that I can see form my house. Hopefully not enough to have our roof redone for what might be the 3rd year in a row.

[Wanderer]

LOTS of rain and some pretty good winds for us in the St. Francis/Isanti area. No damage at home but a few trees in the area went down.

We went fishing yesterday and checked the radar at 2 pm. We knew we were gonna get wet when we started but it looked like we were in a soft spot and the rain would pass soon enough.

Well, it did and the fishing was fantastic! So fantastic that we didn't re-check the radar after the first system passed and by the time the big one got here - well, it was too late to scram out of there without getting the brunt of it.

It was a Good Ol' Fashion "Caught with our pants down" situation as we called it. All was well though and now the event is just a new story.

Best wishes to those who did have damage and good luck with the repairs.

[reinhard1]

here in andover we had heavy rain during the system with high winds. many branches down and a first for me- my mailbox blew over. time for a new post anyway. our damage was minor compared to some but i thought i would share this area. good luck.

[Esox_Magnum]

Just came off the lake, what a mess, Millions in damage just to boats, lifts and docks. One complex of condo docks and boats was totaly destroyed 30-40 boats either sunk, half sunk or on the beach.

[MuskieJunkie]

we had hail here, one of the peices laying on my driveway was 1 1/4" wide.

[bd477]

Esox_Magnum

Was it confirmed that there was a tornado or are they sayin it was straight line winds?

Here in Hardwick north of Luverne we had some serious updrafts go through around 8:30 or so, then a little while later we heard about tornadic activity in your neck of the woods. We did not get squat for anything

[Esox_Magnum]

I was out in it, straight line winds with the heaviest rain I have ever been in. Imagine a firehose blasting your windsheild when your stopped thats what it was like.

[LMITOUT]

What a mess!

[jeffreyd]

i listened to most of the warnings via radioreferencedotcom and it sounded like a huge storm. They evacuated a fairground in or around st cloud not sure if that is the right place. The house fire in Hanover sounded like a bad situation to begin with. What do you (general term) do with those boats that are on the shore and or banging around like in the one picture? do you hope that you can retrieve and drive away or is the damage to them usually too bad to drive out? Just wondering. Glad all came out mostly unaffected.

[Esox_Magnum]

They had 3 barges with cranes on them sorting the mess out, either tow them out or lift them out I assume.. I know it's sad to have happen but at least the up side is the lake will be calmer for awhile, guessing the storm took out or damaged 1/4 of the 3000+ docks on the lake. These were just pics from a small portion of the lake, I'm sure theres alot more.

[jeffreyd]

where in nw iowa do you live? the pictures are truly amazing to me, it would seem that if i paid that much for a boat, simply tying it to a dock would not be sufficient for me. I understand the docks let go but seems that a lift might be more appropriate but i am a fire truck mechanic who lives in the desert. when we get straight winds, it just puts up a cloud of dust and dirt and then when it rains there is little hail and lots of mud falling from the sky. that will freak you out, driving a long and getting hit with mud drops. glad no one got hurt, what lake was that on? Jeff

[tweedlap]

Esox,

Is that on Spirit, Okabojo or? Did the other great lakes get ripped, too?

tweed

[Wanderer]

WOW, that's IS a mess!

[Esox_Magnum]

Those pics are from Okoboji, and thery were on lifts before the storm..... Haven't heard or seen reports from any of the other lakes but guessing Spirit for sure had damage as well as East...

[jeffreyd]

Thanks, see that is what i mean, i have no idea so when the question might seem as a "what the heck" type question, it is only for my reference. Thanks again. Jeff

[going4it]

The sirens went off at the sherburne county fair, the announcers go dont worry that is not for us. Our group left and went back to a house about a block away. Soon as we got home the announcers were going nuts saying dont go to your cars go to the fire dept. Glad we left when we did. Lots of wind and over an inch of rain.