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Overview

July 15, 2020 is the 40th anniversary of one of western Wisconsin's worst windstorms, which hit during the evening of July 15, 1980. The southern Twin Cities suburbs were also hit hard. Sadly, there were four deaths (three in Wisconsin and one in Minnesota).

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