Tornado Reported in Coon Rapids [Updated]

Yesterday our neighbors were refinishing their deck. Heather decided to supervise.

"A little bit off."

I was trying to start a new flower bed.

And today much of the same manual labor continued for my neighbors and me. They tilled and added stairs to the deck. I borrowed their tiller to work on the garden.

It was very humid in the afternoon, and the conditions were ripe for severe weather to develop, and it did.

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The above pictures were taken in these vicinities to the east of us.


Initial reports of touchdown were in this area to the west of the above location.


Update: Here are some related news items:
Damage surveys start in storm-ravaged Minn. town
Tornado Wipes Out Homes in Hugo, 20 People Missing
Tornado hits Coon Rapids as storms barrel through the metro
1 Confirmed Killed, 20 Missing In Minn. Tornado