I am still alive.. rattled and have seen WAY too many warnings, storm clouds and pictures of tornados hit too close to family and firends...
The weather adventure started yesterday morning...
Very heavy rain fell just to the west of Fargo in WEst FArgo and Horace to the north of North Fargo affecting Harwood, ND and Georgetown, MN. That area got nearly 4 inches of rain in less than two hours. However, at the airport they got less than an inch. Go figure!
After that Storms formed one after another and warnings left and right throughout ND and MN. SD also had their fair share. However, between part of north eastern ND and northwestern MN there were over 25 twisters. Several did significant damage and sadly several people lost their lives. NWS is saying this is the worst break out of Tornados they have seen this far north. There was a lot of torrential rainfall with amounts ranging from 3 to 8 inches in the areas where the storms were training. Some of the areas that got rain didnot need any more rain since they have had heavy rain since late may.
Wadena and Mentor, MN were severely damaged. The C-Store was destroyed in Mentor however, two women survived by hugging the toilet.
Here is an article on teh Wadena Tornado
http://www.inforum.com/event/article/id/282223/the front page of the Forum and Grand forks Herald have more stories on the adventures of Mother Nature being in a VERY BAD mood....
http://www.inforum.com/http://www.grandforksherald.com/They are suspecting the damage was possibly caused by more than one twister.
One tornado passed within a few miles of my mother's house near Grnad Forks. Many of relatives have very soggy and in some respects damaged fields and farm buildings.
Needless to say it was a stressful day and night.
