NWS confirms 4 tornadoes touched down in metro on Sunday

The National Weather Service confirmed at least four tornadoes touched down in the southwestern Twin Cities metro overnight into Sunday.

One tornado was near Lake Zumbra in the northeastern part of Carver County. It has a preliminary rating of EF-1 with winds of 80-90 mph, according to the NWS. A second tornado tracked along the north side of Lake Waconia toward Parley Lake, also in Carver County. That tornado also has a preliminary rating of EF-1, with winds between 85 to 95 mph.

A third tornado in Carver County was confirmed south of Waconia and north of Cologne. The NWS says the preliminary rating of that tornado is EF-0 with winds between 70 and 80 mph. The NWS confirmed another tornado with a preliminary rating of EF-0 touched down south of Cologne…

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