tornado

The city of Melrose withstood a confirmed EF-1 tornado on Saturday August 3 with damage to portions of the town. The tornado was on the ground for a short period of time from 8:10 - 8:16 p.m. Melrose Mayor Joe Finken joined me on WJON. He explained the tornado had sustained winds of 95 miles per hour which came from the north and moved southeast.

The 80 mph gust was reported just south of the Rochester Airport.

The National Weather Service shared their initial assessment on its nearly 2-mile track.

Some stunning visuals captured from Wednesday's tornadic thunderstorm outbreak in Minnesota.

Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz sent eight Minnesota All Hazards Incident Management Team members to the site of the Greenfield, Iowa tornado.

The tornado that hit Greenfield, Iowa on Tuesday, May 21st, was rated an EF-4 and sadly killed 5 people. As cleanup begins, reports are coming in of items from the destroyed houses being found in Minnesota, 185 miles away.

Parts of Rochester saw 2.5 inches of rain.

The tornado was caught on camera by several individuals in Southeast Minnesota near Dodge Center.

Caught on video, a tornado hits small town of Minden, Iowa directly on Friday, April 26th, 2024.

The videos that are popping up on X today from the storm with multiple tornadoes reported in Iowa and Nebraska show the extreme devastation and power from the storms on April 26th, 2024.