Soundset Shutters Early Due to Severe Storms

The fifth anniversary of the hip hop festival known as will likely be a memorable one for those who attended. The all day event at  started out hot and blustery but ended before the headliner, Atmosphere, could take the stage, thanks to a severe thunderstorm warning.

Canterbury Park spokesman Jeff Maday told KSTP-TV that 17,000 people were evacuated at about 7:20 p.m. in an orderly fashion and without incident. Shortly after that severe weather sirens were set off in Shakopee, which Scott County Sheriff's Office officials said was due to .

Twitter was abuzz with Soundset attendees' reaction to the event, evacuation, and about Atmosphere finally taking the stage at the Soundset Afterparty at First Avenue in Minneapolis:

Taylor ‏@tayrayholla

Tornado warning while at soundset. Terrifying omg

Joe Silbar ‏@joesilbar

Well this is the beginning of the tornado that ended Soundset http://instagr.am/p/LJtoVFkp05/

astronautalis ‏@astronautalis

Dear @soundset, my apologies for rapping so hard that i made a tornado. didn't know I had that power. now I do. won't happen again. xo, andy

C. Riemenschneider ‏@ChrisRstrib

Official word from @soundset: More storm fronts coming soon, so show is definitely over. What a finale.

Andrew Simanek ‏@MyNamesDreww

Sucks that @atmosphere didn't perform at #SOUNDSET heard it was still fun.

☆Theresa ‏@vegas_on_acid

A fitting end to the day... "After a rain delay, @atmosphere have taken the stage at the #Soundset afterparty. The crowd is going insane."

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