Weather rewind: 11 tornadoes touched down on August 19th
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NWS local storm reports from August 19th show as many as 11 tornadoes hit the area.
The Twin Cities National Weather Service said Tuesday that 11 tornadoes touched down during the severe weather outbreak of August 19th. That's the magic number after completing storm surveys in the field.
There are several notable occurrences here. First, this is the biggest tornado outbreak in recent history in the area. Secondly, all of the tornadoes were EF0 or EF1 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale. That's fortunate, since damage increases exponentially with EF2 or EF3 tornadoes.
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The Minneapolis tornado marks the second tornado in Hennepin County this year. That's the first time in 3 years that a tornado has touched down in Minnesota's most populated county. The last was the Rogers tornado in September of 2006.
Here's a listing of the tornadoes and EF scale ratings:
Minnesota:
1) Minneapolis EF0
2) Cottage Grove EF1
3) Marine on St. Croix EF0
4) New Trier EF1
5) North Branch EF0
6) Ham Lake EF0
7 Springfield EF0
Wisconsin:
1) Hudson EF0
2) Rural Ellsworth EF0
3) Emerald EF0
4) Forest EF0
Jimena stalls; Erika is born:
Hurricane Jimena has stalled near Mexico's Baja Peninsula. This is not good news as it will batter the coast for longer and bring torrential flooding rains and mudslides to the area.
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In the Atlantic, Tropical Storm Erika becomes the season's 5th named storm.
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