Dayton calls for Rogers tornado investigation
via AP:
WASHINGTON — Sen. Mark Dayton called for an independent investigation into the National Weather Service today, aimed at uncovering why the agency failed to issue a tornado warning before a deadly twister struck the northwest Twin Cities suburb of Rogers Saturday night.
Duluth News Tribune: NWS frustrated it didn’t spot Rogers tornado soon enough
While a tornado watch had been in effect for several hours on Saturday night, officials said the twister didn’t show up on radar before it touched down in Rogers, leaving a 10-year-old girl dead.
“It’s very unsettling to us not to be perfect,” said Craig Edwards, head of the National Weather Service office in Chanhassen. “We have a lot of angst in our office today.”