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    For continuous live-blogging of severe weather updates, click over to Conservation Minnesota for county-level information, warnings and storm reports.

    Tornado touchdown near Austin

    By Paul Douglas | Published Thu, Jun 18 2009 2:19 pm

    Here's an amazing video, shot by Brad Nelson, of a tornado that touched down in Austin, Minn., last night. Austin's police chief said there were three confirmed tornado sightings Wednesday. Mower County officials said this morning that power has been restored in the Austin but there are still some outages in other areas.

    Related video: Timelapse: Lightning storm over St. Paul




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