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Written by Heidi Farrar   
Saturday, 08 August 2009 20:32
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A tornadic supercell has been raging across central Minnesota this evening, prompting tornado warnings for the Minneapolis Metro area; at least one tornado has been confirmed just west of Minneapolis near the city of Mound! The storm is currently just to the northeast of the metro, moving due east toward the Wisconsin border. This storm formed in a very explosive environment and for a good while it looked as though this evening was going to be another "cap bust," meaning the cap was too strong to allow thunderstorm development, but this storm was able to break through and is definitely taking advantage of the available ingredients (extreme instability and strong shear). A tornado watch has also been issued for east-central Minnesota into western Wisconsin.
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Inez
Re:TORNADO CONFIRMED WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS!
Oct 16 2009 14:43:11
Hya, Czige1, this event was over 2 months ago.
Jo is all recovered from her crazy chase!!c

zige1 wrote:
Hello guys so where abouts is the tornado cause i need updates cause im in Tornado Alley and my friends are in Minneapolis
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SkyEyeJo
Re:TORNADO CONFIRMED WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS!
Oct 16 2009 17:14:07
czige1 wrote:
Hello guys so where abouts is the tornado cause i need updates cause im in Tornado Alley and my friends are in Minneapolis

No worries, cz. Nothing near Minneapolis but cold wet fall drizzle these days. All the tornadoes have gone far, far south for the winter.
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tornado92
Re:TORNADO CONFIRMED WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS!
Oct 17 2009 20:09:28
Heck, if that tornado lasted 2 months, Sean Casey would have lots of time to get that shot
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+1 #1 fonzbear2000 2009-08-08 14:40
WOW! This was LITERALLY just a few miles north of me!: http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c352/fonzbear2000/Picture2-14.png I'm the white circle with the little plus.
 
 
+1 #2 fonzbear2000 2009-08-08 14:48
The warning for my county has been extended until 10:15! http://i31.photobucket.com/albums/c352/fonzbear2000/Picture2-15.png
 
 
0 #3 JC Surfs 2009-08-08 15:28
It looks like 1 tornado report so far... Maybe a few more towards western WI.. Well see how it turns out...The cap has weakened.... cheers
 
 
0 #4 Caleb 2009-08-08 15:41
I hope tomarrow is better little less of a cap.
 
 
0 #5 James1 2009-08-08 15:46
Well tonight still has the possibility if this cap goes bye-bye anytime soon.
 
 
+1 #6 KD0ETP 2009-08-09 02:52
I was out with another Spotter last night and saw the Tornado touch down. We were just west of Long Lake, I believe on cty24. We did not see anything definitive on the radar but the sky looked good. All of a sudden NWS called us and asked what we saw because the hook was right on top of us, the radar updated and sure enough. We saw some power flashes and trees down and all of a sudden we hit an area with no trees to our north and the Tornado was literally a couple hundred feet away on the ground. Unfortunately no pics because we were dodging trees and power lines. We stayed on the phone with NWS for the next hour and followed it all the way up to 694. Ended up being a great chase that was really just lucky. Here is one bad cell phone pick just as atree and power lines went down, the Tornado is about 1/4 mile away.

Chris Tordsen
KD0ETP
Metro Skywarn#8302
 
 
0 #7 MIDSCAR1 2009-08-09 03:11
Quoting KD0ETP:
I was out with another Spotter last night and saw the Tornado touch down. We were just west of Long Lake, I believe on cty24. We did not see anything definitive on the radar but the sky looked good. All of a sudden NWS called us and asked what we saw because the hook was right on top of us, the radar updated and sure enough. We saw some power flashes and trees down and all of a sudden we hit an area with no trees to our north and the Tornado was literally a couple hundred feet away on the ground. Unfortunately no pics because we were dodging trees and power lines. We stayed on the phone with NWS for the next hour and followed it all the way up to 694. Ended up being a great chase that was really just lucky. Here is one bad cell phone pick just as atree and power lines went down, the Tornado is about 1/4 mile away.

Chris Tordsen
KD0ETP
Metro Skywarn#8302


How did you get the nws to call you? They see your phone number on spotter network or something?
 
 
0 #8 KD0ETP 2009-08-09 03:28
Yea we were hooked up on Spotter Network. My partner has worked with the NWS in the past so there is a relationship and they know they can trust his report. I wish it was because of me but i am still working on my rep.
 
 
0 #9 StormLover1988 2009-08-09 11:42
I was camping this weekend when these storms moved through. I was in Jump River Wisconsin. last night we were all sitting around the fire listing to the radio about the severe storms and it was heading in our direct path. about mid night I had just gone into the camper to sleep when the owner of the campground and told everyone to get the hell out of there, a tornado was spotted 3 miles southwest and was heading for us. He had called a local bar that had a basement and they stayed open for us. we all left,got to the bar, got a drink and headed to the basement and stayed there for about and hour. we watched the tv on the storm, and when it passed and was done for the evening we went back and went to bed. Not much damage just a few branches down. But where I live in Medford, Taylor County had flood and tornado watches. I was a bit nervous coming home this morning. But not much here either just a few branches, We were lucky it mostly went south (not by much).
 
 
0 #10 zoomer69 2009-08-09 12:42
Doppler-indicated tornado right now near Jackson, MI.
 

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