Storm causes power outages, downs trees in Twin Cities metro area
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(AP) Power should be restored by Tuesday night to the about 81,000 Xcel Energy customers who lost their electricity after thunderstorms hit the metro area before down Tuesday, the company said.
As of 11 a.m., 25,600 were still without power, most of them in the west metro area, Xcel said.
High winds, rain and hail accompanied the storms in some areas, uprooting trees and downing branches. Winds were clocked at 71 miles per hour at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport at 4 a.m.
A large part of northern and central Minnesota also got hit by thunderstorms beginning Monday night, with hail, high winds and heavy rain. The National Weather Service says hail the size of baseballs was reported in Aitkin County.
The National Weather Service said more storms were possible late Tuesday, affecting the areas of southeastern Minnesota already saturated by severe flooding last week.
A flash flood watch was issued for Tuesday evening through Wednesday morning for a large area including Fillmore, Houston and Mower counties.
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