MPR’s Stephen Smith reports on a tornado that touched down in Maple Grove during the July 23rd rainstorm that encompassed the Twin Cities. Smith interviews residents and the Maple Grove police chief.
Considered the Twin Cities “Superstorm,” the July 23-24, 1987 event dropped 9.15 inches at the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, and over 10 inches in suburbs west and southwest of Minneapolis. This rainfall cataclysm produced the worst flash-flooding on record in the Twin Cities.