EF0 tornado in Beltrami County, Minnesota

Reports of this tornado, along with video, were posted to social media. The tornado touched down just off the shore, over Lower Red Lake. It moved on shore roughly two miles west of Ponemah and continued to track to the east-northeast, for another mile or so, before dissipating. Large poplar and ash tree limbs were broken down along this path. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.

A cold front moved into the northwest quarter of Minnesota during the evening of the 11th into the early morning hours of the 12th. Ahead of this cold front, temperatures over the northwest quarter of Minnesota during the early evening of the 11th ranged well into the 80s, with dew points in the middle 70s, so it was very warm and muggy. Thunderstorms broke out along the front, producing funnel clouds, tornadoes, large hail, and damaging wind gusts.