MPR’s Lorna Benson interviews WCCO meteorologist Paul Douglas, who says the massive storm system on July 25, 2000 was unusual in a number of ways. For one thing, it produced many more tornado warnings than usual in Minnesota.

13 tornadoes were confirmed in Minnesota on July 25, 2000.  The most devastating traveled nine miles through parts of Yellow Medicine County and hit portions of Granite Falls, causing destruction of 41 houses, 300 damaged buildings, and one fatality. The damage in Granite Falls was caused by F2 and F3 winds speeds, with a tornado being classified a minimal F4 based on the twisted wreckage of an overturned railroad car.