NEW CAMPAIGN ADS MESSAGE GETS A
REALITY CHECK.
AT LEAST TWO TORNADOES HAVE
TOUCHED DOWN IN PARTS OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT.
ONE PERSON HAS DIED, TO OTHERS
IN THE HOSPITAL BECAUSE OF THIS
TORNADO A LITTLE WHILE LATER
KNOW WHEN STORMS WRAP UP.
HOW LONG HOT, HUMID AIR WILL BE
STICKING AROUND.
MINNESOTAN SUDDENLY FOUND
THEMSELVES IN A FRONT ROW SEAT
TO TONIGHT'S TORNADOES.
WE SPOKE TO SOME ABOUT THE
FRIGHTENING CLOSE ENCOUNTER.
I AM LITERALLY SHAKING.
OH MY GOD.
THEY CAPTURED THE MOMENT
THIS TORNADO RIPPED THROUGH A
FORM ALONG I-94 IN ASHBY.
GOT IN FRONT OF US A LITTLE
BIT THANKFULLY IT VEERED TO THE
RIGHT.
THE TWO DRIVING FROM THE
TWIN CITIES, ON THEIR WAY TO
GRAND FORKS.
THEY HEARD A STORE MORNING IN
THE AREA BUT DID NOT EXPECT TO
SEE THIS.
IT WAS DEFINITELY AN
EXPERIENCE.
VERY SCARY.
THE TORNADO POPPED UP
QUICKLY BUT STAYED SPINNING
NEAR THE INTERSTATE FOR A
WHILE.
ON THE GROUND 20 MINUTES.
DIDN'T SEE ANY DAMAGE BUT
ONCE WE GOT AHEAD TO THE
INTERSTATE, YOU COULD TELL
THERE WAS WATER EVERYWHERE.
IT HAD PICKED UP WATER FROM
SOME LIKE.
Reporter: LIKELY COMING FROM
PELICAN LAKE WHICH YOU CAN SEE
FROM THIS ANGLE CAPTURED BY
JOANNE BEARDSLEY.
MY GRANDKIDS WERE PELICAN
LAKE AND SWIMMING AND I SAW, IT
LOOKED LIKE IT WAS COMING OUT
OF THE CLOUDS AND ENDED UP LIKE
A FINAL FUNNEL FORM INSIDE.
Reporter: THEY GOT OUT OF THE
AREA BEFORE GOT TOO BIG,
CAPTURING THE MOMENT FROM THEIR
FARM IN ASHBY.
HAS TO BE A PRETTY MONSTROUS
TORNADO.
FIELDS GETTING RIPPED UP.
Reporter: IN THIS RURAL AREA,
DID NOT HAVE ANY EXITS TO TAKE
AND GET SHELTER.
WE CONTINUE TO DRIVE THE
WHOLE WAY BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO DO.
Reporter: EVENTUALLY THEY
MADE IT PAST THE STORM.
EMOTIONALLY SHAKEN BUT
PHYSICALLY OKAY.
WE GOT TO FARGO ON OUR WAY
TO GRAND FORKS AND THE SUN CAME
BACK OUT.
Reporter: YOU HEARD THEM
MENTION THEY JUST KEPT DRIVING
BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO.
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AS
IF YOU ARE OUTSIDE OR DRIVING
TRY TO FIND A STURDY, INDOOR
SHELTER OR HEAD TO WILL LOW-
LYING DITCH IN YOUR CAR GET
DOWN AND COVER YOUR HEAD.
YOU CAN GET THE LATEST
WEATHER AND ALERTS WHEN YOU ARE
ON THE GO.
DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS PRINCE
HAD.
HOW COOL AMAZING TO PLAY
THAT.
ALL THOSE YEARS.
HAPPY ENDING AS WELL.
ROUGH NIGHT WITH THE
WEATHER YOU KNOW IF YOU'VE BEEN
WATCHING LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE
TORNADOES.
THIS ONE TO THE EAST IN PINE
CENTER, SHOT BY A VIEWER, SAM,
HE SAID IT WAS A SLOW MOVER YOU
CAN SEE THE DEBRIS CLOUD KEPT
UP BY THAT TORNADO.
FORTUNATELY NOBODY WAS INJURED.
GREAT SHOTS FROM GARRISON AS
WELL.
LET'S GO BACK EARLY IN THE
NIGHT BETWEEN 5:00 AND 6:00,
SEVERE WEATHER SWEPT THROUGH
LAUDERDALE COUNTY, WE KNOW OF
AT LEAST ONE DEATH, SADLY.
A LOOK AT THE DAMAGE THIS
HAPPENED BETWEEN DALTON AND
ASHBY.
WE SHOWED YOU THE TORNADO
EARLIER IN THE NEWSCAST.
IT TOSSED CARS, SNAPPED TREES
AND SENT DEBRIS FLYING
EVERYWHERE, DAMAGE TO HOMES AND
FARM BUILDINGS.
ROUGH SITUATION THAT ALL
STARTED AFTER 5:00.
JUST TO SHOW YOU STORM REPORTS
WE SAW OUT TO THE WEST COVERING
LIVE ON WCCO 10 MINUTES AFTER
5:00 OR SO IN THE FIRST TORNADO
TOUCHED DOWN AND APPARENTLY DID
DAMAGE TO A FARMHOUSE SO
REPORTS FROM A REST AREA
HIGHWAY 94.
BY 5:30 SOUTH OF BATTLE LAKE
THE SAME STORM CELL PROBABLY
THE SAME TORNADO.
AS WE HEAD FURTHER EAST HEAVY
RAIN, SIZABLE HEALTH, HERE IS
THAT TORNADO EARLIER FROM
GARRISON FUNNEL CLOUD PASSED
OVER AND HEAVY RAIN 3 -4
INCHES FLASH FLOOD WARNING TO
THE EAST OF BRAINERD AND HERE
IS WHAT IS HAPPENING NOW
THUNDERSTORMS CROSS LAKES LINE
BARRELED ACROSS 35 PUSHING INTO
WISCONSIN STILL SEEING
INDIVIDUAL THUNDERSTORMS WITHIN
THE WATCH AREA THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE ISSUED WAY BACK
EARLIER IN THE DAY STILL IN