MPR’s William Wilcoxen reports from Hugo, where a severe storm struck the city on May 25th. Wilcoxen interviews residents on what they saw and experienced as intense wind and hail battered their homes.

On May 25, 2008, supercell thunderstorms produced large hail and tornadoes from the northern Twin Cities metro area to western Wisconsin. Four tornadoes touched down in Minnesota. The strongest tornado was an EF-3 which hit Hugo, Minnesota. The EF-3 tornado packed winds up to 165 mph, destroyed trees, houses, barns, and silos. Two-year-old Nathanial Prindle was killed, and nine others were injured.