Severe weather in northern Minnesota
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The National Weather Service is tracking more severe weather moving across northern Minnesota.
Several tornado warnings have been issued:
All warnings have expired or have been canceled. There were reports of a funnel cloud near Mentor, Minn. and and touchdown outside of Grand Forks, N.D.
Updated 6:00 p.m.: Carlton and St. Louis Counties
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NWS reports the storm has weakened and the warning expires at 6 p.m.
AT 533 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF CROMWELL...OR 31 MILES WEST OF DULUTH...MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.
* THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SAWYER BY 555 PM...
CLOQUET BY 615 PM...
Updated: 6:00 p.m.: Aitkin, St. Louis and Itasca Counties
This storm has weakened and the NWS will let the warning expire.
* AT 511 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS DETECTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO NEAR JACOBSON.. OR 19 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAND RAPIDS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.
* THIS VERY DANGEROUS STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WAWINA BY 550 PM...
ISLAND BY 600 PM...
Polk and Red Lake Counties
AT 511 PM CDT...WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF MENTOR...OR 27 MILES SOUTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS. A TORNADO MAY DEVELOP AT ANY TIME. RADAR SHOWED THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
* THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
BROOKS AROUND 520 PM CDT.
MCINTOSH AROUND 530 PM CDT.
Update: Warning canceled at 5:30 p.m.