Small tornado confirmed in Winona County amid Tuesday severe weather

Kraig Odden, Pioneer Press
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The National Weather Service confirmed that a small tornado touched down in southeastern Minnesota’s Winona County on Tuesday evening.

The EF1 tornado, spawned by the same system that produced deadly twisters in central Iowa, touched down at 6:11 p.m. near Rollingstone, about 9 miles west of Winona.

In an update on Wednesday afternoon, the National Weather Service office in La Crosse, Wis., said the tornado reached peak wind speeds of around 105 mph.

According to a preliminary storm survey, the tornado started east of St. Charles and intensified as it approached Rollingstone, traveling about 18 miles. The storm dissipated after it went over the Mississippi River into Wisconsin. Two small twisters were also confirmed there.

The Minnesota tornado caused intermittent damage mainly through rural Winona County. Trees and power lines were knocked down, along with a few barns and outbuildings, the storm survey said.

There were no injuries reported.

The storm brought scattered power outages in the Twin Cities as well as 2.33 inches of rain.

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