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22:25Z EF2 KMPX MN Meeker Litchfield The tornado near Litchfield was rated an EF-2 with peak winds of 115 mph. It had a maximum width of 100 yards and traveled approximately 3.2 miles. The tornado caused a lot of tree damage, though three single family homes received significant roof damage, and a double wide manufactured home, and garage were flipped and rolled. Another garage and shed were destroyed near Highway 12 on the north side of town.
22:52Z EF2 KMPX MN Meeker Watkins The tornado near Watkins was also rated an EF-2 with peak winds of 125 mph. It had a maximum width of 400 yards and traveled approximately 2.1 miles. One injury occurred with this tornado. The first significant damage was to a business along Highway 55 on the south side of town. The tornado then tracked across the highway and passed through the St. Anthony Cemetery before passing through the center of Watkins doing damage to structures and many trees. The most significant damage occurred between Stearns Ave and Meeker Ave where several homes had significant roof damage, and had detached sheds, and garages destroyed. The tornado exited the town and did further tree damage as the tornado moved northeast into Stearns County.
22:56Z EF0 KMPX MN Stearns St Nicholas This is the continuation track of the Watkins tornado in Meeker County as it moved northeast and dissipated near County Road 143rd. As the tornado moved into Stearns County a farmstead outside of town was hit before lifting shortly thereafter. While in Stearns County, this tornado was rated an EF0 with maximum winds of 65 mph and a width of 100 yards, but when it was in Meeker County, it was rated EF2.
22:58Z EF1 KMPX MN Stearns St Nicholas The tornado north of Watkins in Stearns County was rated an EF-1 with peak winds of 105 mph. It had a maximum width of 250 yards and traveled approximately 4.0 miles. This tornado was spawned by the same storm that moved through Watkins. Multiple chaser videos showed the Watkins tornado lifted off the ground as the parent storm became occluded, and a new tornado developed shortly thereafter, with its touchdown point made visible by the presence of corn laid down in a field south of the first homestead hit. This was about two-thirds of a mile north-northeast of where the Watkins tornado lifted. At the first farmstead to be hit, two open air cattle sheds were completely destroyed, along with a metal storage shed and two mostly empty grain bins. There were two cattle killed at this location as well. This storm destroyed more outbuildings at a farmstead along 160th street, with the rest of the damage along the path of the tornado being corn laid flat and tree damage.
23:00Z EF0 KTBW FL Manatee Duette A tornado was spotted in a very rural portion of Manatee County near Duette. The exact location was unknown due to the rural nature of the area but numerous pictures and videos showed the circulation reaching the ground. No damage was reported.
04:41Z EF1 KDLH WI Iron Van Buskirk There was enough evidence to indicate a quasi-linear convective tornado developed over rural east-central Iron County, south of Van Buskirk, during the late evening. It heavily damaged a barn structure and a car, and it also damaged some homes and mangled some trees.
04:44Z EF1 KDLH MI Gogebic Hurley An EF1 tornado touched down near the Wisconsin-Michigan border just southeast of Van Buskirk and caused damage for less than a mile before dissipating. Damage consisted mostly of uprooted or snapped trees.
04:55Z EF1 KDLH MI Gogebic Puritan The NWS storm survey confirmed a low end EF1 tornado about three miles south of Bessemer. Winds from the tornado were estimated around 90 mph. The tornado touched down near the intersection of S. Barber Road and Spruce Road and ended 2.4 miles to the east-northeast, just northeast of the intersection of W. Harding Road and Koski Road. Damage included multiple trees down on a garage on Spruce Street and half a barn destroyed in Bessemer Township on Elder Street. |||The damage path was 200 yards wide or less and occurred just before midnight CDT.
07:05Z EF0 KARX WI Chippewa Chippewa Falls A late night tornado hit O'Neill Campground. Some trees fell on camper trailers and manufactured homes. Part of a metal roof was peeled off a large machine shed.

Storm reports are derived from "The Storm Events Database" (National Centers for Environmental Information) and/or "Past Storm Reports" (Storm Prediction Center).