The Minnesota State Patrol offered further proof Monday that last week’s storm packed a powerful punch.

The State Patrol reported 126 vehicles went off the road from noon Thursday through 6 p.m. Saturday in Mower and Freeborn counties. There were also 15 crashes with damage to vehicles during that time.

As of Saturday afternoon, state troopers had responded to nearly 1,000 crashes across the state, plus another 2,300 vehicles that spun out or ran off the road.

The storm dropped about 7 inches in Albert Lea Thursday and early Friday.