EF1 tornado in Beltrami County, Minnesota

Reports of this tornado, along with video, were posted to social media, showing contact and an eastward track beginning over open water on Lower Red Lake. The tornado tracked onshore about four miles north-northwest of Battle River, and continued on an intermittent east-northeast track for nearly five miles, crossing Beltrami County 23 about four miles north of Saum. Large poplar and pine trees were snapped or uprooted along the damage path. Peak winds were estimated at 100 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.