A line of severe thunderstorms Monday brought several reports of tornadoes in Crow Wing and surrounding counties in north-central Minnesota.

Severe weather in south-central Minnesota included reports of at least one small tornado near Nicollet and several funnel clouds. However, no major damage was immediately reported.

In northern Minnesota, initial information during and after the storm indicated damage appeared to be confined to trees, with no major property damage or injuries reported.

At 4:40 p.m. Monday the National Weather Service in Duluth issued a tornado warning until 5:30 p.m. for south central Cass, central and northern Crow Wing and west central Aitkin counties. The weather service reported weather spotters confirmed a tornado northwest of Gull Lake about 4:36 p.m., and law enforcement officers in Cass and Crow Wing counties also reported seeing a funnel. Tornados also were reported later near Crosby and east of Brainerd, prompting the weather service to extend the tornado warning until 5:45 p.m. and again 6:15 p.m. into Aitkin County.

Along with tornadoes the thunderstorms brought a lot of rain and strong winds. The weather service received several reports of hail, with 1.25 inch hail reported in Lake Shore. Over an inch of rain fell Monday in Brainerd.

According to a Facebook post, 1,800 Crow Wing Power members in the Merrifield area were out of power as of 5:16 p.m., while smaller outages were reported in the Nisswa area.

Minnesota Power also reported scattered outages in both Cass and Crow Wing counties.