Tornado alley has been shifting east the last few years, but yesterday two little Kansas towns took a direct hit. Fortunately as of this morning there are no injuries or fatalities. 

More severe weather in our area has been forecasted for today, and then we get a break for a bit.

I see your area is under the gun again today, @fantasia. Stay safe!

Our weather is 35F cooler than it was just a few days ago; last Thursday we had several small tornadoes west of here and an EF2 just east of here, in western Wisconsin. Doppler radar indicated a tornado was trying to form over downtown Minneapolis but didn't develop, fortunately. We just had lots of wind and some rain.

Thousands of acres of forest land are burning in several fires in the northeast part of Minnesota, with little containment due to winds and dry weather. Hopefully rain and cooler temperatures this week will help (it's cabin country and a number of families have lost their homes).