5/10/2011 Benton County MN Hail Storm And Funnel Clouds

Severe storms pounded Minnesota on Tuesday night with a few reported tornadoes, numerous funnel clouds and large hail from Minneapolis to Saint Cloud.

This video brings you up close to the most dangerous part of storm chasing, Lightning. In the first part of the video lightning strikes a power pole that is less then 100 feet away from the camera. The camera was inside the car at the time along with the driver.

The rest of the video shows large hail, wall clouds, funnel clouds and rotation as the huge storm system impacted the area.

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