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MICHIGAN, WestA winter storm tracked south of Michigan's Lower Peninsula during the afternoon and evening hours of Friday, March 20th and intothe early morning hours of Saturday, March 21st. The low pressure center tracked across Kentucky and into northern Virginia,keeping the most significant precipitation south of the state. A mixture of snow, sleet, and freezing rain fell across much ofsouthwest and south central Lower Michigan, mainly south of a line from South Haven to Lansing, MI. The precipitation started outas a mixture of sleet and freezing rain Friday afternoon, then turned to mostly snow Friday evening. The ice at the onset made travelconditions hazardous for the Friday afternoon rush hour and several minor weather-related accidents were reported along and southof the Interstate-94 corridor. Snow accumulations ranged from 1 to 4 inches in the aforementioned counties. Accumulations of 3 to4 inches were confined to southern Berrien County, Cass County, Jackson County, and southeast Ingham County.MIZ056>057 Ottawa - Kent22 1900EST0 0Flood25 1200ESTThe Grand River in Robinson Township crested at its flood stage of 13.3 feet on March 22nd and held steady at this level throughMarch 25th. No property damage was reported and only minor flooding occurred.Steady rainfall and warmer temperatures, resulting in a melting of the existing snowpack, during the period of March 18th andMarch 19th, led to minor flooding along the Grand River in Kent and Ottawa Counties during the period of March 22nd throughMarch 25th. Well below normal temperatures, which returned on March 20th, greatly reduced the runoff due to snowmelt andminimized the flooding. No property damage resulted from this minor flooding episode.Jackson County5 E Brooklyn 28 1100EST0 0 5KThunderstorm WindJackson County Central Dispatch reported trees and power lines were downed in Norvel Township near the intersection of MichiganHighway 124 and Wellwood Road, approximately 5 miles east of Brooklyn. A large branch from a downed tree broke the frontwindow of a home on Wellwood Road. No injuries were reported. This was the first severe thunderstorm report of the season insouth central Lower Michigan.Lake CountyBaldwin30 1405EST0 0Hail (1.00)1410ESTThe Lake County Sheriff's Department reported hail fell from 2:05 to 2:10 pm EST, ranging in size from one-half to one inch indiameter.Lake County3 SW Baldwin 30 1500EST0 0Hail (1.75)A local television station in Cadillac, MI, relayed a spotter report of 1.75 inch diameter hail approximately 3 miles southwest ofBaldwin, in Pleasant Plains Township.Warm, moist air in place across central and southern Lower Michigan, ahead of a slowly southward moving cold front, set the stagefor the first severe thunderstorm event of the spring season across west central and southwest Lower Michigan. Thunderstormsproduced small pea to marble-sized hail (1/4-1/2 inch diameter) at several locations from Kent County and the Grand Rapidsmetropolitan area northward across west central Lower Michigan. Severe criteria hail was reported in Lake County from twoseparate thunderstorms, both reports coming from the Baldwin area. No injuries or property damage was reported.MINNESOTA, Central and South CentralSteele CountyBlooming Prairie 27 0235CSTSibley County5 NE Arlington 29 1445CSTFreeborn County1 W Albert Lea 29 1452CSTHennepin CountyEden Prairie29 1505CSTFreeborn County1 N Hartland 29 1510CSTHennepin CountyEdina29 1515CSTDakota County20 S Burnsville 29 1518CSTHennepin CountySt Anthony29 1520CSTWright CountyMonticello29 1525CSTFaribault County2 N Bricelyn 29 1530CSTStorm Data and Unusual Weather PhenomenaTimePath PathNumber ofEstimatedLocal/ Length WidthPersonsDamageLocation DateStandard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of Storm00000000000000000000Hail (0.75)Hail (1.50)Hail (1.25)Hail (1.00)Hail (0.88)Hail (0.88)Hail (0.75)Hail (0.75)Hail (0.75)Hail (1.75)March 199886 80

MINNESOTA, Central and South CentralSteele County10 S Owatonna 29 1530CSTFreeborn County3 NW Albert Lea 29 1535CSTWashington County7 N Stillwater 29 1535CSTAnoka County000000Hail (1.00)Hail (1.75)Hail (1.75)Fridley29 1623CST0 0Hail (1.25)Watonwan County3 NNW Darfur to 29 1628CST 0.5 100 0 0Tornado (F4)3.5 NNW DarfurTornado moving through southern Brown county brushed extreme northwest Watonwan county. See Brown county narrative.Brown CountyComfrey to29 1630CST 25 2200 1 16 45MTornado (F4)3 E Searles1705CSTTornado began 7 miles east of Avoca in Murray county, continued through Cottonwood, Brown, extreme Northwest Watonwan,Northwest Blue Earth, and finally lifted off 4 miles east of Courtland in Nicollet county. Total storm track was 67 miles. Th etornado ripped through the village of Comfrey destroying a grain elevator and damaging 75% of the town. Much of downtow nComfrey destroyed including the town hall. School heavily damaged. 100 people made homeless. 50 homes destroyed. 13 0farmsteads damaged or destroyed in Brown county. 500 dairy cows killed. One man critically injured in collapse of farmstea dnorthwest of the town of Hanska. He died the next day. 35 buildings destroyed or damaged in far Northwest Blue Earth county.Damage estimate estimated. Property damage to extreme northwest Blue Earth county across Cambria township estimated at 2million. Property damage to extreme northwest Watonwan county estimated at 245 thousand. M85PHBrown County7 SW Leavenworth 29 1630CSTBrown County3 E Springfield 29 1630CSTBlue Earth County2 W Cambria to 29 1705CST1 NW Cambria1707CSTSee Brown county discussion.Nicollet CountyCourtland29 1705CSTNicollet County1 SE Courtland to 29 1707CST4 E Courtland1715CSTSee narrative for Brown county.Nicollet County2 E Nicollet to 29 1718CSTSt PeterNicollet County7 SW St Peter 29 1731CSTLe Sueur County4 S Ottawa to 29 1735CST5 W Le CenterStorm Data and Unusual Weather PhenomenaTimePath PathNumber ofEstimatedLocal/ Length WidthPersonsDamageLocation DateStandard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of Storm2 2200 04 2200 000000000Hail (1.25)Hail (1.00)Tornado (F4)Hail (4.50)Tornado (F4)12 2200 1 0 120MTornado (F3)1735CSTTornado made a direct hit on the city of St. Peter and Gustavius Adolphus College. All major buildings on campus suffered varyin gdegrees of damage. The spire on Christ Chapel snapped in half. 70% of the windows on campus were broken. 500 homes weredestroyed in St. Peter, 1,700 were damaged. Over 1,000 trees uprooted. One person killed just outside St. Peter when the tornad ostruck a vehicle. St. Peter Catholic Church destroyed. Hospital severely damaged. Roof ripped off library. 25% of books lost.Debris from St. Peter found 50 miles away in southern suburbs of the Twin Cities. 60 rural homes and farms damaged or destroyedfrom Courtland to St. Peter. Rural damage estimated at 6.5 million. M6VE1745CSTSee narrative for Nicollet county.6 2200 0000Hail (1.75)Tornado (F3)March 1998Le Sueur County2 N Cleveland to 29 1748CST 17 1760 0 2 20MTornado (F2)1 E Montgomery1804CSTTornado tracked through Le Center and adjoining rural areas. Most of the businesses in the southern part of town were damaged.Buildings destroyed at county fairgrounds. 15 mobiles homes at a trailer park destroyed, another 26 suffering major damage. Ove r100 farm buildings destroyed.87 81

MINNESOTA, Central <strong>and</strong> South CentralSteele County10 S Owatonna 29 1530CSTFreeborn County3 NW Albert Lea 29 1535CSTWashington County7 N Stillwater 29 1535CSTAnoka County000000Hail (1.00)Hail (1.75)Hail (1.75)Fridley29 1623CST0 0Hail (1.25)Watonwan County3 NNW Darfur to 29 1628CST 0.5 100 0 0Tornado (F4)3.5 NNW DarfurTornado moving through southern Brown county brushed extreme northwest Watonwan county. See Brown county narrative.Brown CountyComfrey to29 1630CST 25 2200 1 16 45MTornado (F4)3 E Searles1705CSTTornado began 7 miles east of Avoca in Murray county, continued through Cottonwood, Brown, extreme Northwest Watonwan,Northwest Blue Earth, <strong>and</strong> finally lifted off 4 miles east of Courtl<strong>and</strong> in Nicollet county. Total storm track was 67 miles. Th etornado ripped through the village of Comfrey destroying a grain elevator <strong>and</strong> damaging 75% of the town. Much of downtow nComfrey destroyed including the town hall. School heavily damaged. 100 people made homeless. 50 homes destroyed. 13 0farmsteads damaged or destroyed in Brown county. 500 dairy cows killed. One man critically injured in collapse of farmstea dnorthwest of the town of Hanska. He died the next day. 35 buildings destroyed or damaged in far Northwest Blue Earth county.Damage estimate estimated. Property damage to extreme northwest Blue Earth county across Cambria township estimated at 2million. Property damage to extreme northwest Watonwan county estimated at 245 thous<strong>and</strong>. M85PHBrown County7 SW Leavenworth 29 1630CSTBrown County3 E Springfield 29 1630CSTBlue Earth County2 W Cambria to 29 1705CST1 NW Cambria1707CSTSee Brown county discussion.Nicollet CountyCourtl<strong>and</strong>29 1705CSTNicollet County1 SE Courtl<strong>and</strong> to 29 1707CST4 E Courtl<strong>and</strong>1715CSTSee narrative for Brown county.Nicollet County2 E Nicollet to 29 1718CSTSt PeterNicollet County7 SW St Peter 29 1731CSTLe Sueur County4 S Ottawa to 29 1735CST5 W Le Center<strong>Storm</strong> <strong>Data</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>Unusual</strong> <strong>Weather</strong> <strong>Phenomena</strong>TimePath PathNumber ofEstimatedLocal/ Length WidthPersonsDamageLocation DateSt<strong>and</strong>ard (Miles) (Yards) Killed Injured Property Crops Character of <strong>Storm</strong>2 2200 04 2200 000000000Hail (1.25)Hail (1.00)Tornado (F4)Hail (4.50)Tornado (F4)12 2200 1 0 120MTornado (F3)1735CSTTornado made a direct hit on the city of St. Peter <strong>and</strong> Gustavius Adolphus College. All major buildings on campus suffered varyin gdegrees of damage. The spire on Christ Chapel snapped in half. 70% of the windows on campus were broken. 500 homes weredestroyed in St. Peter, 1,700 were damaged. Over 1,000 trees uprooted. One person killed just outside St. Peter when the tornad ostruck a vehicle. St. Peter Catholic Church destroyed. Hospital severely damaged. Roof ripped off library. 25% of books lost.Debris from St. Peter found 50 miles away in southern suburbs of the Twin Cities. 60 rural homes <strong>and</strong> farms damaged or destroyedfrom Courtl<strong>and</strong> to St. Peter. Rural damage estimated at 6.5 million. M6VE1745CSTSee narrative for Nicollet county.6 2200 0000Hail (1.75)Tornado (F3)March 1998Le Sueur County2 N Clevel<strong>and</strong> to 29 1748CST 17 1760 0 2 20MTornado (F2)1 E Montgomery1804CSTTornado tracked through Le Center <strong>and</strong> adjoining rural areas. Most of the businesses in the southern part of town were damaged.Buildings destroyed at county fairgrounds. 15 mobiles homes at a trailer park destroyed, another 26 suffering major damage. Ove r100 farm buildings destroyed.87 81

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