The winds from this past weekend’s storms in the Red River Valley reached speeds as high as 59 mph, according to the National Weather Service, which released a ranking of strongest winds Tuesday.
The top five are as follows:
- 59 mph at 1:32 p.m. Saturday at the Interstate 29 bridge four miles south of Buxton, N.D.
- 51 mph at 3:07 p.m. Saturday at the Park Rapids, N.D., airport.
- 51 mph at 3:01 p.m. Saturday at the Grand Forks airport.
- 51 mph at 12:44 p.m. Saturday at the Fargo airport.
- 50 mph at 3:50 p.m. Saturday three miles east-by-northeast of Gatzke, Minn.
High winds also blew Sunday and Monday, but none were as strong.
For more wind data, go to
1.usa.gov/1m5WSOT
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