| Event |
Lightning |
| State |
MINNESOTA |
| County/Area |
GRANT |
| WFO |
FGF |
| Begin Date |
09/20/2007 09:30:00 CST-6 |
| Begin Range |
0 |
| Begin Azimuth |
N |
| Begin Location |
BARRETT |
| Begin Lat/Lon |
45.92/-95.9 |
| End Date |
09/20/2007 09:30:00 CST-6 |
| Deaths Direct/Indirect |
0/0 (fatality details below, when available...) |
| Injuries Direct/Indirect |
0/0 |
| Property Damage |
20.00K |
| Crop Damage |
0.00K |
| Episode Narrative |
This event set up as another nice case of elevated convection. On the morning of the 20th, an area of surface low pressure was located near Mobridge, South Dakota, with a warm front arching to the southeast (down into eastern Nebraska). A 35 to 45 knot low level jet set up from central Nebraska into northeast South Dakota, where there was also a tight moisture gradient at 850 mb. Thunderstorms initially flared up near Crookston, MN, and moved northeast at 40 to 50 mph. |
| Event Narrative |
Lightning struck an evergreen tree in Barrett, scattering pieces of the tree across several neighboring yards. As the tree fell, it broke multiple windows and damaged the concrete steps to a house. The strike also damaged the electrical systems in three nearby homes. One home lost a microwave, two televisions, and several other smaller appliances. |
