Did you know one of the worst tornadoes in Minnesota history was here in Sauk Rapids? It leveled the entire booming city, leaving death and destruction in it's path.
A friend of mine lives in Hutchinson, Minnesota, where they just got nailed with hail and high winds from a March 6th thunderstorm that rolled through there.
Video footage is starting to surface from the tornado that ripped through Litchfield and Watkins last night. It's heartbreaking to see the damage it's doing in the video.
A strong storm system producing heavy rain and several tornadoes moved through Central Minnesota this (Monday) evening. At about 5:45 p.m. the National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for Meeker, Morrison, Kandiyohi, Benton and Stearns County.
Stearns County officials made the decision to sound the outdoor sirens on Friday evening, despite the fact that the National Weather Service in Chanhassen did not activate a warning for the area. That left a lot of people confused about what was going on.
I'll never forget this day. I had just made the "kid exchange" with my ex in Staples, MN and I headed back to St Cloud as they went North towards Wadena on their way to Detroit Lakes. I listened on the radio to the severe weather and tornado warnings for the Wadena area...