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Hot in Parts of the West; Cold Blast Coming to the Central U.S.

Hot to extremely hot temperatures are in place much of this week across parts of California and the interior Northwest U.S. A blast of cold air will drop across the central and eastern U.S. later this week bringing below to well below normal temperatures. Read More >

Overview

Severe thunderstorms developed across Western Minnesota Friday afternoon, August 14th. These storms produced several tornadoes across the region, as well as numerous reports of wind damage. Survey results are preliminary and not an exhaustive list of all tornadoes that were reported.

Thank you to all weather spotters, public, media partners, and law enforcement that relayed reports and helped build a Weather Ready Nation. 

Preliminary results indicated that over 20 tornadoes occurred in Minnesota with 16 in the NWS Twin Cities forecast area. 3 of the 16 tornadoes were of EF-1 strength. 

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Biscay Tornado - Photo Courtesy of Sahoosan Meyers Clark 
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