Tornadoes Touch Down Near Cresbard, Ipswich

ABERDEEN, S.D. (AP) — Weekend storms spawned two tornadoes in northeastern South Dakota, one of which caused damage.

The National Weather Service says one tornado touched down Saturday evening about 7 miles west of Cresbard, but there were no reports of damage.

A second twister Saturday night touched down about 4 miles northeast of Ipswich and damaged several buildings at a farmstead.

The weather service says the rural Ipswich tornado has a preliminary rating of EF-1 on the enhanced Fujita scale. That's the second-weakest rating, with top wind speeds of 110 mph.

In addition, the stormy weekend in the Dakotas led to flooding, power outages and damage to homes, cars and trees.

A storm that blew through Sioux Falls early Sunday uprooted trees, some of which hit vehicles and homes. Trees also took out electrical lines, knocking out power to about 5,200 people for several hours.

The National Weather Service reports that rainfall Sunday set records for the date at both recording stations in Grand Forks. The previous records had stood for more than three decades.

The heavy weekend rain resulted in the cancellation of a soccer game in Grand Forks between the University of North Dakota and South Dakota State. It also disrupted other events, including a downtown Minot festival and the postponing of an outdoor concert in Medora by Kat Perkins.

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