Late September fireworks
A surge of unseasonably warm air is on a collison course with a frontal boundary in northern Minnesota this afternoon. Showers and thunderstorms are likely to fire up from Bemidji to Hibbing and then drift southeast.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for a portion of northern and central Minnesota. The area from Alexandria to Duluth seems to be the most likely region for severe storms through this evening.
Severe Weather information for northern Minnesota
Early this afternoon strong storms were just south of International Falls.
Listen for later updates from the weather and news team at MPR.
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