Thursday, July 20, 2017

Multiple hurricanes and now tornadoes, too.

20 July 2017
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UNISYS water vapor satellite of north and west hemisphere (click here for 12 hour loop - thank you)

The Atlantic will see another one soon off West Africa.

July 17, 2017
By Jim Maurice

High winds, (click here) large hail, and the threat of tornadoes were all in a line of strong storms that moved across central Minnesota Monday. Parts of Stearns, Morrison and Todd Counties were all under tornado and thunderstorm warnings. Parts of Benton and Sherburne counties had severe thunderstorm warnings issued.

It all started late in the afternoon with the first thunderstorm warning being issued in Todd County at 4:50 p.m. Doppler radar indicated some rotation in the clouds and that’s why the National Weather Service issued several tornado warnings. There were no immediate reports of any tornadoes actually spotted....