( CNN ) -- A line of widely scattered strong storms brought tornadoes to Colorado and Minnesota on Thursday and damaging high winds as far south as Texas . Three tornadoes stuck Minnesota . One hit near rural St. James . Kholby Martin , a storm chaser with KDR Media , said it was a couple of hundred yards wide but it was n't fully condensed . Officials said no one was hurt , nor was there any structural damage . Two tornadoes touched down in Colorado . There was still a possibility of tornadoes in south central Minnesota and central Iowa on Thursday night . Dallas County in Texas saw an hourlong tornado warning Thursday afternoon as the system moved through , bringing winds of up to 70 mph , the National Weather Service said . Students at Southern Methodist University were told to shelter in place . That was followed by a flash flood warning for several counties in the area through the early evening hours . CNN affiliate WFAA reported that five boys were rescued from a creek after fast-moving waters moved in . Emergency responders found the boys clinging to whatever they could find along the shore , the station said . There was wind damage around the Dallas-Fort Worth metroplex . In one neighborhood in west Dallas , residents told WFAA that when the storm hit they saw debris flying through the air and heard transformers popping . Deborah Drake came home to find the glass in an entrance door to her home shattered by some of that debris . `` You just heard this noise ( like a train whistle ) then it just shook the house , '' said a neighbor who was helping her clean up broken glass . `` I ran in the bathroom and got in the bathtub . '' Some areas of South Dakota near Harrisburg were pelted by quarter-size hail , according to the National Weather Service in Sioux Falls . Winds were blowing as fast as 50 mph . On Friday , strong storms will probably strike from Arkansas to Indiana , with rain in the Midwest , South and Northeast as the system moves east . That blustery , wet weather could affect as many as 14 million people , CNN meteorologist Sherri Pugh said . Saturday should bring more rain for those areas , too . Mobile , Alabama , and Pensacola , Florida , will also get wet as 1 to 3 inches of rain is forecast . The area has been dealing with recent heavy rains , so the risk is high in those areas for flash flooding , and there 's been a flash flood watch issued . Tired of reading about rain ? Sorry , there 's more . Rain will begin drenching the Pacific Northwest on Thursday , with the system moving to the Northern Rockies on Friday and Saturday .
NEW : Five tornadoes touch down in Colorado and Minnesota . A tornado touches down near the town of New Lisbon, Colo. on May 29. Storms will hit Arkansas to Indiana on Friday , with rain continuing into Saturday .