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A confirmed tornado tore through Forada, Minnesota, on Memorial Day, possibly damaging as many as 100 homes and downing power lines, according to one county official. AccuWeather forecasters had ...
Since its initial usage in May 1999, the National Weather Service (NWS) in the United States has used the tornado emergency bulletin — a high-end classification of tornado warning — sent through either the issuance of a warning or via a "severe weather statement" that provides updated information on an ongoing warning—that is issued when a violent tornado (confirmed by radar or ground ...
Severe weather activity became more isolated and scattered on May 27, marking the end of the outbreak sequence. In all, 248 tornadoes occurred during the outbreak sequence; 20 (+1 indirect) people were killed by tornadoes while 10 other people died due to non-tornadic events as well. Over 240 people were injured.
A National Weather Service survey team will fan out to three northern Minnesota counties — Aitkin, Crow Wing and Carlton — to check out damage and try to determine if any tornadoes touched down.
Satellite image of the storm system responsible for the tornado outbreak that occurred on April 25–28, 2024. On April 20, 2024, the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center (SPC) first delineated a severe weather risk for April 25–26, highlighting a zone extending from the Central Great Plains northeastward to the Midwestern U.S.
1st severe weather, tornado threat of 2024 for Upper Midwest unfolded Thursday ... That colder air helped bring several inches of snow to parts of the Dakotas and northwestern Minnesota. As the ...
At certain points of the outbreak, over 20 simultaneous tornado warnings were active, with a total of 175 tornado warnings issued on March 31 with an additional 51 issued on April 1. [7] In all, 146 tornadoes touched down; 115 occurred on March 31 alone.
It is also known as the 1969 Minnesota tornado outbreak and the 1969 North Woods tornado outbreak. The most destructive tornado of the outbreak was a 33-mile-long (53 km) violent F4 that leveled miles of timberland and farmland across portions of Crow Wing, Cass, and Aitkin counties in Minnesota, killing at least 12 people and injuring 70 others.