PHOTOS: Resident Believes Tornado May Have Touched Down in Mendota Heights
A Mendota Heights resident living near Pickerel Lake said Saturday evening's storm "sounded like an airplane flying through our backyard."
Follow Eagan Patch on Twitter | Like us on Facebook | Sign up for our daily newsletter| Blog for us On Saturday evening Leighton and Dianne Siegel were asleep in their home on the 700 block of Woodridge Drive, by Pickerel Lake, when they were awoken by the thunderstorm that spawned two confirmed tornadoes in Burnsville and Eagan. Leighton Siegel said there was no doubt in his mind that a tornado swept through Mendota Heights. “We were woken up about 11 o’clock, and it sounded like an airplane flying through our backyard,” Siegel said. “I don’t think it could be anything else [but a tornado] because it sounded very localized.” The National Weather Service's report on the storm shows an area of "sporadic tree/powerline damage" near …
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Liese Tilson
2:22 pm on Wednesday, June 20, 2012
Way to go Tom Stafford! You are the best! We missed you at work. You missed out on your birthday cake. Happy 49th, Tom! So sorry there wasn't any left when you returned to work on Wednesday. more ›