Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Tornado Warning until 5:45 pm (numerous reports of touchdowns)














Tornado Warning. I'm seeing strong evidence of a "couplet", meaning a rotating thunderstorm capable of a tornado. Here's the latest from the NWS:

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY
UNTIL 545 PM CDT...

AT 513 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO.  THIS DANGEROUS STORM
WAS LOCATED NEAR MEIRE GROVE...OR 27 MILES EAST OF GLENWOOD...MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.

TRAINED SPOTTERS HAVE REPORTED TORNADO TOUCHDOWNS WITH THIS STORM.
IN ADDITION...HAIL LARGER THAN GOLF BALL SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
  NEW MUNICH...FREEPORT...ALBANY...FARMING...AVON...COLLEGEVILLE...ST
  JOSEPH...PLEASANT LAKE...WAITE PARK...ST STEPHEN...LUXEMBURG...ST
  MARTIN AND ROCKVILLE.

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