August 20th, 2009
Chanhassen/Chaska
Minnesota
Tadd Parris

Was sitting at home in Excelsior when I heard the rain just coming down hard.  The rumble alone made me get up and look at what was going on. When I turned on the radar I noticed these where again mini storms moving to the SE.  Went out chasing in hope of seeing structure and possibly some sort of funnel.
 

In Chanhassen looking SW towards the NWS office.	Fuzzy picture, there is the Doppler on the bottom right.
New updraft starting to take off and the old one on the left is falling apart.	At this point I looked at the base and thought this was a scary looking scene.

Looking down at Chaska from Hwy 41 south.	Nice updraft still with rotation at the base and all kinds of strange motion.

Panoramic of the storm