Summer Tornado Warning Siren from Hugo, Minnesota - May 25 tornado

While we cleared the deck, they were really dealing with it in Hugo! There was no failure of sirens in Shoreview; in fact, the clouds flew right over Shoreview, sirens and all; it sure did look like Hugo was in for one! The sirens of May 25, 2008 brought on more than a lot of new roof jobs. If the wind gets strong enough it will blow trees down, or worse. Our yard looked like a tomato patch - we were replacing deck boards. This was no test; but we were pretty busy doing deck board inspection and replacement, and minding a pit barbeque. We watched the sky in between nail-pullings. Then a big Tomato touched ground in Hugo.

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[Worcester2007]

Was this the Hugo tornado? If I remember correctly this was May 25th? because I remember before Hugo there was a tornado in Coon Rapids witch is ware I live and missed me my 3 miles if that!

[assadd1]

You are right! This is like the contest cab, but that is something I got wrong, the date; I've annotated the video to show the correction, if you take a peek at it now.

[assadd1]

Right; in fact, as the crow flies, Hugo is about 9 miles from Shoreview. I don't know any siren that can carry that far. I need to try and change the info on my video.

[assadd1]

We hear best the on from Vadnais Heights at Rice Street, a 123db Sentry 10v2t, to the east of us. However, as these downdrafts are usually from the NW, we probably got some cross-feed from the Martha Lake 128db EAS Tempest 128 db, albeit it is 1.7 miles to the NW of us. By the way, that was a hot-dog bonfire going in the fire pit out back, at the time. I had to continue working on the deck and had them watching my back, in case something came down in our vicinity.

[bulldozer950]

nice t12x and sentry!

[ox455]

i remember this is was freaky

[Worcester2007]

Are you sure those are Hugo Sirens? I work in Shoreview and that sounds allot like the one outside of my work.

[bethatonegirl]

I know that the 2001 replaced a 10v2tand I know of the whereabouts of 1 of them.But I know that shoreview has quite a few sirens in the area.Our county is known for the sentry's

[videogamer24385]

ya im videogamer on the siren board also

[videogamer24385]

its a sentry 10V2T the wind down gives it away