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Number of late-season twisters grows
Published 10:01am Friday, November 16, 2012CHANHASSEN — The National Weather Service said four tornadoes struck Minnesota on Saturday.
The weather service has determined that a tornado was responsible for storm damage in Mahtomedi in the eastern Twin Cities.
Meteorologist Todd Krause said the total tornado count for the day will stand at four. That brings Minnesota’s total number of tornadoes for the year to 37.
It’s rare for tornadoes to hit Minnesota in November. Since official records began in 1950, the state has seen only one other November tornado, in Kandiyohi County on Nov. 1, 2000.
