Damaging tornado-warned storms struck at tail end of weekend in Minnesota, Wisconsin

A cluster of rain and thunderstorms that had moved through the northern Plains on Saturday night progressed eastward through Minnesota and Wisconsin on Sunday afternoon, producing a handful of possible tornadoes along the way.

The National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center recorded two preliminary tornado reports in McLeod County, Minnesota, at 3:16 p.m. and 2:40 p.m. CDT. Both were phoned in by a trained spotter.

Around 4:30 p.m. CDT, a firefighter spotted a tornado near Highway 97 and Enfield Avenue in Washington County, Minnesota. In the same county, a fourth preliminary tornado report came in a minute later, noting damage such as a tree down on two houses.

At 7 p.m. CDT on Sunday, law enforcement reported a destroyed shed after there had been a pubic sighting of a tornado in Barron, Wisconsin.

The Polk County Fair in Wisconsin was evacuated as the severe weather crossed over state borders, according to KARE 11.

Residents of Minnesota took to social media with photos and videos of the sightings and the damage left in the wake of the storms, mostly consisting of downed trees. Numerous panels from a solar panel farm in the path of the tornado-warned storms in Scandia, Minnesota, were found strewn about after the storm.

Another photo of damage in Scandia, Minnesota, shows a barn with the roof completely torn off. There have been no injuries reported from the severe weather as of early Monday morning.

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