THE FOLLOWING MESSAGE IS TRANSMITTED AT THE REQUEST OF THE BELTRAMI EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT:
“EMERGENCY TRAVEL ONLY IS BEING ADVISED IN THE CITY OF BEMIDJI AT THIS TIME DUE TO EXTENSIVE STORM DAMAGE. THIS DAMAGE INCLUDES NUMEROUS POWER-LINES DOWN...NUMEROUS AND SIGNIFICANT TREE DAMAGE AS WELL. ALL PHONE SYSTEMS ARE DOWN EXCEPT FOR 911 FOR EMERGENCY CALL ONLY.”
Some of the storm reports from the Bemidji area:
- Bemidji [Beltrami Co, MN] law enforcement reports TSTM WND DMG at 07:00 PM CDT -- numerous trees down throughout the city of bemidji. street flooding as well.
- Bemidji [Beltrami Co, MN] broadcast media reports NON-TSTM WND DMG at 07:05 PM CDT -- public report of a 60 ft spruce tree broken off about halfway up the tree with other limbs down in the area ... posted on kvly facebook site
In addition to damage in Bemidji, visitors at Lake Itasca State Park are trapped inside the park due to trees down across the exit. Winds were estimated around 80 mph.
Radar image from earlier in the evening:
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