ANOTHER ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER HITS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA

Another round of severe weather Thursday afternoon in Freeborn County.  The National Weather Service says a trained spotter confirmed a tornado was on the ground a few miles west of Hayward around 1:30 pm.  There were also downed trees and powerlines in the Albert Lea area.  Officials say a funnel cloud or possible tornado was caught on video near Owatonna.  Several communities had street flooding Thursday.  These storms came after at least a dozen tornado reports Wednesday in southern Minnesota.  The tornado that damaged a farm near Hartland was rated an EF-1 with wind speeds up to 105 miles per hour.