# News # Minnesota Rochester was hit hard early Wednesday by severe thunderstorms packing near-hurricane-force winds. m.
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# News # Minnesota Rochester was hit hard early Wednesday by severe thunderstorms packing near-hurricane-force winds. The National Weather Service received a report of 68 mph winds near downtown Rochester just after 1:30 a.m. Those winds downed trees and power lines in the city. Rochester Public Utilities said it had crews working to repair multiple power outages across the city early Wednesday, a
The National Weather Service also received a report of some flooding in downtown Rochester as the storms dropped localized torrential rain. There were scattered power outages elsewhere across southern Minnesota early Wednesday. The storms also dropped grapefruit sized hail near Delevan in Faribault County, and nickel to quarter sized hail near Northrop and Waldorf. EOF