Timeline of funnel/tornado activity, according to reports at the National Weather Service office in Grand Forks.
3:30 p.m.: National Weather Service employee reports chasing a tornado 8 miles north northeast of Finley, N.D.
3:52 p.m.: Tornado reported 5 miles northeast of Mayville, N.D. by a trained spotter.
4:05 p.m.: Grand Forks Fire and Rescue crews report a multiple vortex tornado near Holmes, southwest of Thompson, N.D. Sirens sound in Grand Forks.
A tornado moving north 6 miles west of Reynolds, N.D. is reported by a trained spotter.
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4:08 p.m.: Funnel cloud sighted 1 mile northwest of Fosston, Minn. by a trained spotter.
4:10 p.m.: Law enforcement reports a tornado 3 miles west of Thompson, N.D. A welding building is destroyed.
4:35 p.m.: Law enforcement reports a tornado in Emerado, N.D., with debris damage at a trailer park. Report said funnel lifted off the ground as it crossed north on U.S. Highway 2.
4:40 p.m.: Law enforcement reports a tornado in Hope, N.D., and tree damage at the golf course.
4:54 p.m.: Trained spotter reports a large tornado with debris 11 miles northwest of Grand Forks moving north.
5:02 p.m.: Storm chasers confirm a multiple vortex tornado in Wadena, Minn.
5:03 p.m.: Trained spotter reports a tornado 7 miles east of Gilby, N.D.
5:15 p.m.: Funnel cloud reported by spotters 1 mile west of Reynolds, N.D.
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5:31 p.m.: Grand Forks International Airport records a 58 mile per hour gust.
5:39 p.m.: Sirens sound in Grand Forks as a super cell hits; 1.25 inch hail reported.
5:45 p.m.: The National Weather Service reports a tornado briefly touching down 1 mile south of Grand Forks. Another funnel cloud is spotted near Fordville, N.D.
5:57 p.m.: Trained spotter reports tornado 5 miles southeast of East Grand Forks.
6:08 p.m.: Trained spotter reports a tornado destroyed a shed 4 miles north of Fisher, Minn.
6:18 p.m.: Polk County Emergency manager reports a tornado has struck Cable Lake, 3 miles southwest of Mentor, Minn.
6:20 p.m.: Law enforcement reports a tornado has damaged a gas station in Mentor, Minn., and trapped people inside.
6:45 p.m.: Trained spotter reports trees are snapped off from a tornado 3 miles north of Radium, Minn., in Marshall County.
