Both Sunday and Monday brought us some interesting weather, with a tornado on the ground and some heavy rain at times. Some areas received totals of over 2″ across the state. Below are some of the more significant totals that were reported to the National Weather Service on Monday.
The screenshot below from our STORM TRACKER Radar shows the two tornado warnings in southern Minnesota.
The National Weather Service confirmed a tornado on the ground 13 miles west of Owatonna, near Waseca, Minnesota. At 8:21 p.m. There were no reports of significant damage. A tornado warning that was issued for south-central Minnesota expired before 8:45 p.m., and other warnings closer to the Twin Cities metro expired by 9:45 p.m. As of Monday, there was little to no damage, so it would be classified as an EF-0. However, there is speculation that these may have just been “gustnadoes” on the leading edge of a shelf cloud. These tornado warnings were the first closest ones of the season, providing a little reminder of the type of storms we can get here in the state of Minnesota.
