10 tornado warnings sounded
7,300 without power
at peak of storm
4 to 6 inches of rain
north of Twin Cities
50-foot maple
smashed a pickup at 44th and Portland Av. S.
I-35W closed by rain
Storm numbers
August 20, 2009 at 2:42AM
at Crosstown
6-14-81 Last major tornado in Minneapolis
5 major U.S. cities hit by tornadoes since 1997
about the writer
It’s too soon to tell how much the immigration crackdown is to blame.
