EF2 tornado confirmed in New Richmond Thursday, power outages continue following severe storms
Tornado-warned storms made their way through the Twin Cities metro and western Wisconsin Thursday afternoon.
As of Friday afternoon, more than 8,000 customers were still without power in Minnesota, and over 13,000 in Wisconsin. Those numbers were down from Thursday night – 15,000 and 47,000, respectively. CLICK HERE for a list of utility providers.
Warnings were issued first for Scott County, and then Hennepin County by 2:30 p.m. Thursday. These warnings came shortly after a Tornado Watch was issued for much of Minnesota until 8 p.m. Warnings were also issued for Wabasha, Wadena, Stearns and Todd counties in Minnesota, as well as Dunn, Pierce and Pepin Counties in Wisconsin.
On Friday, the National Weather Service (NWS) confirmed that an EF2 tornado touched down just southeast of New Richmond, Wisconsin. More information is expected to be released as the NWS finalizes the damage assessment.
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