July 19th, 2008 Chase – Twin Cities

I hate chasing in the cities, I just try not to do it other than spotting. I was looking at SW MN mostly just procrastinating getting out of the house, I left my laptop for 20 minutes and when I came back I was told thier is a tornado warning in effect for Sherburne County. I raced Northward to Forest Lake arriving 20 minutes late (I had plenty of time but, all the roads were closed I-35W, Ceder, I-35E), I literally had to drive thru downtown St. Paul for 20 minutes. Anyway, I then attacked a new cell that formed in the South Metro, Tony advised me ‘The Chase is Over’ he was correct of course but, I figured I would press on. I ran into and chatted with Rich Gudmunson, and Randy Nelson (Randy, I believe who lives in Big Lake, and caught a nice wall cloud this day in addition to the tornado he bagged earlier in Maple Grove? earlier this year).

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
959 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 2008

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0205 PM     TORNADO          3 E BECKER              45.37N 93.82W
07/19/2008                   SHERBURNE          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN NEAR A BARN ALONG 165TH AVE NW AND
            DOWNED SEVERAL 2 TO 3 FT OAK TREES. TIME WAS ESTIMATED.

0225 PM     TORNADO          BIG LAKE                45.34N 93.75W
07/19/2008                   SHERBURNE          MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN BRIEFLY IN VICINITY OF BIG LAKE.
            REPORTED BY OFF DUTY GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL.

0240 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     2 S ST FRANCIS          45.41N 93.31W
07/19/2008                   ANOKA              MN   AMATEUR RADIO

            SPOTTED NEAR NOWTHEN AND TROUT BROOK ROAD IN BURNS
            TOWNSHIP.

Remnants of the last cell

Bust Photo

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