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Minnesota experienced a bit of all four seasons Wednesday and its first December severe weather since 2001
A tornado was reported in southeastern Minnesota on Wednesday and, if confirmed, would be the state's first ever in December, on a day of wild and unprecedented weather.
The National Weather Service has never issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Minnesota in December, let alone tornado watches and warnings. But at 8 p.m., the weather service reported a tornado in Eyota, east of Rochester, as the storm moved toward Wisconsin. Crews will survey damage Thursday to confirm the tornado.
"If you had told me that we would have a tornado watch in Minnesota 10 days before Christmas, I'd say you're nuts. You're watching the science fiction channel, not the Weather Channel," said baffled meteorologist Paul Douglas, who had been monitoring the unprecedented weather since 4 a.m. Wednesday and was anticipating a long night.
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