Tornado Near Blaine - 70 mph+ North Metro

8:45. Tornado Warning for North Metro. Reports of a tornado near Blaine, moving east at 55 mph. Tornado warning posted until 9 pm, but Doppler shows a massive "bow echo" forming, capable of widespread 70 mph+ winds - north metro will be hardest hit.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
834 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTH CENTRAL CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 828 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO 2 MILES NORTH OF
BLAINE. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM MOVING EAST AT 55 MPH.



* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
CENTERVILLE...
WYOMING...
FOREST LAKE...
HUGO...
CHISAGO CITY...
SCANDIA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW
SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING
FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.