Tornadoes touch down in southern Minnesota

Posted at 10:53 PM on June 17, 2009 by Paul Huttner

NWS storm reports show Wednesday's severe weather outbreak.

It appears at least two and possibly three or more tornadoes skipped across southern Minnesota Wednesday evening. Thunderstorms with strong rotation developed rapidly between 7pm and 8pm, producing large hail and tornado reports.

Here is a summary of the tornado reports from the NWS. Some may be duplicate reports of the same tornado.

0730 PM TORNADO GENEVA 43.82N 93.27W
06/17/2009 FREEBORN MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
CONDENSATION FUNNEL CLOSE TO GROUND. DEBRIS CLOUD NOTED
DIRECTLY UNDERNEATH. TREES DAMAGED ON EAST EDGE OF
GENEVA.

0754 PM TORNADO 3 N BLOOMING PRAIRIE 43.91N 93.05W
06/17/2009 STEELE MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
TORNADO JUST NORTH OF BLOOMING PRAIRIE

0803 PM TORNADO 5 NE WASECA 44.13N 93.43W
06/17/2009 WASECA MN AMATEUR RADIO
DEBRIS IN THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND.

0808 PM TORNADO 1 NW AUSTIN 43.68N 92.98W
06/17/2009 MOWER MN TRAINED SPOTTER
LARGE TORNADO ON THE GROUND WITH DEBRIS ON THE NORTHWEST
SIDE OF AUSTIN

0810 PM TORNADO AUSTIN 43.67N 92.97W
06/17/2009 MOWER MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE AMOUNT OF DAMAGE IN AUSTIN AND ESPECIALLY ON THE
NORTH SIDE. MINOR INJURIES BEING REPORTED THUS FAR.

0814 PM TORNADO 2 S MORRISTOWN 44.20N 93.44W
06/17/2009 WASECA MN TRAINED SPOTTER
MULTIPLE VORTEX TORNADO.

0814 PM TORNADO 1 E WASECA 44.08N 93.48W
06/17/2009 WASECA MN STORM CHASER
TOUCHED DOWN ON CLEAR LAKE THEN MOVED ONSHORE. TREE DOWN
BUT NO PROPERTY DAMAGE.

NWS survey teams will determine how many tornadoes actually touched down, They will also report on path length and width and EF scale ratings and wind speed estimates for the tornadoes.

PH

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