MaryLynn and I were late getting to this tornado after meandering east initially from Farmington into western Wisconsin to intercept a storm coming up our way. Soon realized the storm approaching Rochester was starting to go crazy and saw the last of several tornadoes near Rochester from a distance. Frustrating but at least we saw it!

Another shot of the tornado in the distance over the rolling farmland of southeast Minnesota.

We chased the supercell for another hour as it slowly worked it’s way east towards the Wisconsin border. It became tornado warned once again near St. Charles and had a brief lowering on the left side. Certainly a heavy rain/hail core in there!

STORM REPORTS:

STORM PREDICTION CENTER OUTLOOKS:

Initial storm and rotating, producing a brief funnel just over the trees near Roff, Oklahoma.

Another funnel cloud just above the tree straight ahead near Roff, Oklahoma.

Another shot of the funnel that was condensating a bit more towards the ground as we were racing up the road to get closer.

The funnel lifted as we get closer, only 1 mile west of Roff at this point. Action area and rotating lowering was still present.

Bailed our initial storm and ended up on another severe warned storm near Katie, Oklahoma after sunset.

One last shot of the storm with a lightning bolt in the distance near Katie before we called the chase and headed towards Oklahoma City for the night to get ready for the next day.