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A Tornado Touched Down in Minnesota

The Hodgeman County Undersheriff confirmed these grain bins were blown away from a nearby farm into cornfield across Hwy 283 in Jetmore, Kansas.
The Hodgeman County Undersheriff confirmed these grain bins were blown away from a nearby farm into cornfield across Hwy 283 in Jetmore, Kansas. Photo: Travis Heying/The Wichita Eagle (AP)

I feel compelled to once again reiterate, this is a story about weather things happening in December that simply should not be happening in December. Among them is a tornado that touched down in Minnesota near Plainview. The city is in the southeast portion of the state, an area that has up to a 75% chance of having a white Christmas in an average year. In other words, cold is the norm for this time of year. Yet the city now has, for lack of a better word, the “distinction” of recording the first December tornado in Minnesota history.

All told, the Storm Prediction Center received 21 tornado reports on Wednesday. Again, in December.

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