Uploaded July 2010 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
My Facebook Status Updates during the storm:
June 25 at 6:58pm via Text Message
Shopping at target... Tornado warning. Moving us to back of store. Windows out up front.
June 25 at 7:26pm via Text Message
Home now n drenched. No power. Lost a tree. Funnel about a mile from here at Normandale n 494. The Target I was in had a cart slam in to the Starbuck's window.
A few minutes before 7pm, I was in the check out lanes of the store I was in when the cashier asked me "are those sirens I hear?" Upon looking out the window, it was pitch black outside and all the parking lot lights had come on. The wind was howling.
A minute later, the voice over the PA system announced that all guests and team members were to report to the back of the store at once.
A few moments later, there was a crash up front, along with a few screams and gasps by those of us huddled in back. Cars were parking in front of the doors under the overhang... guests were trying to enter the store. The management had to run up and let them in, and every time they did, rain and wind blew inward.
Someone pulled up a report on their phone that a funnel had been spotted over Hwy 100 and 494, roughly 1 mile from us. As we sat there, worrying and waiting, all we could hear was the howling and see was the windy deluge outside the front windows.
After about 15 minutes, we were given permission to leave, but the torrential rains continued for another 20 minutes. Upon coming back up front, the glass sound we heard was the front window of the cafe having been smashed in by a runaway cart and as a result there was water everywhere.
On the way home, there were several tree limbs down and even a few trees, including one in our yard. We were without power for about six hours after the storm (hence why I have no data to post near the 7pm hour). I was lucky however... several areas were without power well into the next evening.
My Facebook Status Updates during the storm:
June 25 at 6:58pm via Text Message
Shopping at target... Tornado warning. Moving us to back of store. Windows out up front.
June 25 at 7:26pm via Text Message
Home now n drenched. No power. Lost a tree. Funnel about a mile from here at Normandale n 494. The Target I was in had a cart slam in to the Starbuck's window.
A few minutes before 7pm, I was in the check out lanes of the store I was in when the cashier asked me "are those sirens I hear?" Upon looking out the window, it was pitch black outside and all the parking lot lights had come on. The wind was howling.
A minute later, the voice over the PA system announced that all guests and team members were to report to the back of the store at once.
A few moments later, there was a crash up front, along with a few screams and gasps by those of us huddled in back. Cars were parking in front of the doors under the overhang... guests were trying to enter the store. The management had to run up and let them in, and every time they did, rain and wind blew inward.
Someone pulled up a report on their phone that a funnel had been spotted over Hwy 100 and 494, roughly 1 mile from us. As we sat there, worrying and waiting, all we could hear was the howling and see was the windy deluge outside the front windows.
After about 15 minutes, we were given permission to leave, but the torrential rains continued for another 20 minutes. Upon coming back up front, the glass sound we heard was the front window of the cafe having been smashed in by a runaway cart and as a result there was water everywhere.
On the way home, there were several tree limbs down and even a few trees, including one in our yard. We were without power for about six hours after the storm (hence why I have no data to post near the 7pm hour). I was lucky however... several areas were without power well into the next evening.
