CLAREMONT, Minn. – Ferocious winds, some gusting to 60 mph, brought down a giant grain bin in downtown Claremont. The Dodge County emergency management director, Matt Mass, said the bin was empty and structurally vulnerable. There were no injuries. Power was out in parts of the the county. Limbs were down and trees uprooted.
Straight-line winds. A funnel cloud was spotted in the area, 28 miles west of Rochester, but the bin was toppled by straight-line winds.
