Two Tornadoes Touch Down in Burnsville
The tornadoes touched down briefly in Burnsville and Eagan on Saturday night, according to the National Weather Service.
Follow us on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us A rare November thunderstorm on Saturday night spawned two weak tornadoes, which touched briefly down in Burnsville and Eagan, according to a National Weather Service storm report. The first tornado spun up northeast of the intersection of County Road 5 and McAndrews Road in Burnsville around 10:58 p.m., according to weather service officials. The tornado, an "EF0" on the Fujita scale, had maximum wind speeds of 80 mph. As the storm cell tracked northeast, the tornado blew down numerous trees and power lines and bent a stop sign all the way to the ground, the weather service said. It dissipated just southwest of the intersection of Burnsville Parkway…
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12:40 pm on Monday, November 12, 2012
Here's the report from the NWS Chanhassen office: http://www.crh.noaa.gov/news/display_cmsstory.php?wfo=mpx&storyid=89269&source=0 more ›