tornado

The National Weather Service issued a tornado warning at 3:40 p.m. for Benton, Stearns and Sherburne Counties until 4:15 Saturday afternoon. This warning was triggered by a radar detected tornado according to Weather Eye Meteorologist Michael Carrow.

The National Weather Service says they have three survey teams out Monday surveying the damage from reported tornadoes, however, Benton county is not one of the areas they are working in.

St. Peter residents say that a tornado 20 years ago that heavily damaged the city also brought the community together.

Forecasters say stormy weather spawned a couple of tornadoes in south-central Minnesota, but there are no reports of injuries or significant damage. The National Weather Service says one tornado was reported about 10:30 p.m.

The National Weather Service says a tornado that hit a southern Minnesota campground this month was the earliest twister on record in the state.

Meeker County Sheriff Brian Cruze is releasing more information on the damage done by tornadoes yesterday (Monday) afternoon.

A strong storm system producing heavy rain and several tornadoes moved through Central Minnesota this (Monday) evening. At about 5:45 p.m. the National Weather Service issued tornado warnings for Meeker, Morrison, Kandiyohi, Benton and Stearns County.

A man named Jake Biniek was driving northwest of Holdingford on Wednesday night when he got footage of a tornado forming around 6:25 p.m.

The Minnesota State Climatology Office has released the final tornado numbers for 2015. According to the report there were 39 total tornado to touchdowns throughout the state.

Threats of a tornado had residents in southern Stearns County concerned. A tornado warning was issued around 6:00 p.m. last (Thursday) evening.