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 (AP) - The Commerce Department's inspector general
plans to audit the National Weather Service's response to a deadly
twister that struck Rogers last week.

      The decision by inspector general Johnnie Frazier comes in
response to a request made by U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton, DFL-Minn. The National
Weather Service is part of the Commerce Department.

      National Weather Service officials at the Chanhassen office have
said there was no time to issue a tornado warning because the
twister struck before it showed up on radar. The tornado left a
10-year-old girl dead.

      The Weather Service is also conducting its own review and
assessment of its response to the storm.

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The decision comes in response to a request by U.S. Sen. Mark Dayton of Minnesota, who was critical of the National Weather Service for not providing advance warning of the tornado.

Government to audit NWS over Rogers tornado

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