Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Downtown Minneapolis Hit By A Tornado



T
his was reported around 2:11 pm this afternoon- a tornado touched down in north Downtown Minneapolis-MN and damaged a church by the convention center.




There's been no reports of injuries.





(Photos courtesy of WCCO-TV)





According to the Doppler weather radar image show here- the activity over downtown Minneapolis at the time of the tornado was only light to moderate.



The radial velocity (wind movement) scan showed only a broad rotation- but no tornado "signature."

There were no NWS severe weather watches in effect for Minneapolis-St. Paul when the twister struck..

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