Tornado Warning until 9 pm for St. Cloud Area

Update: 8: 31 pm. Evidence of Strong Rotation Near Foley - there have been reports of funnel clouds near Foley in the last few minutes - tornado warnings in effect for the St. Cloud area until 9 pm.



Update: 8:25 pm. Tornado Warning until 9 pm for Stearns, Sherburne and Benton county until 9 pm, based on strong Doppler rotation - we did receive reports of funnels near Sartell and Foley (wind gust to 61 at Sartell), wind damage strong enough to topple trees and powerlines. If threatening weather approaches take shelter immediately - don't wait for the sirens to sound. The safest place to ride out a tornado: a basement, under the stairs. If you don't have a basement the safest place is a small, interior room near the center of your house or apartment, like a closet or bathroom.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
814 PM CDT THU AUG 12 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 809 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR WAITE
PARK...OR OVER WAITE PARK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
ST CLOUD...
MAYHEW...
PARENT...
SANTIAGO...
FOLEY...
GILMAN...
RONNEBY...
DUELM...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.