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Severe Thunderstorm Winds Damage Farm Building in Minnesota, Topple Trees in Wisconsin

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A white louvred instrument screen on a green metal stand in front of wet green trees, falling rain showing as faint streaks
A louvred screen of the kind that shelters thermometers at a weather station (illustrative)"Weather station at Nagwain" by Chinchu.c, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0

Severe thunderstorms brought wind damage to Minnesota and Wisconsin on the evening of Oct. 28, 2026, local time, the National Weather Service said, including roof damage to a farm outbuilding near Hampton, Minnesota, and fallen trees near Cable, Wisconsin.

The National Weather Service's Twin Cities/Chanhassen, Minnesota, office said a photo posted on social media showed roof damage to a farm outbuilding at the intersection of Minnesota Highways 50 and 56, 1 mile south of Hampton in Dakota County, at 5 p.m. CDT on Oct. 28, 2026.

In Bayfield County, Wisconsin, the National Weather Service's Duluth, Minnesota, office said a 911 call center reported multiple trees down in the immediate Cable area, 1 mile northeast of Cable, at 6:48 p.m. CDT on Oct. 28, 2026.

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