Frigid temperatures this weekend prompt cold weather advisories

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Here it comes. A line of severe storms will bring high winds , heavy rain and hail to the metro between 10pm and 1am.

Storm reports coming in fast from western MN tonight.

MPX: Willmar [Kandiyohi Co, MN] trained spotter reports TSTM WND DMG at 09:00 PM CDT -- large tree limbs down.

MPX: Grove Lake [Pope Co, MN] trained spotter reports FUNNEL CLOUD at 08:37 PM CDT --

MPX: 5 N Priam [Kandiyohi Co, MN] trained spotter reports FUNNEL CLOUD at 08:35 PM CDT --

ABR: BIG Stone City [Grant Co, SD] storm chaser reports TSTM WND DMG at 07:45 PM CDT -- many trees uprooted... 25 ft evergreen uprooted... power lines down... structure damage

ABR: 2 NE BIG Stone City [Big Stone Co, MN] law enforcement reports TSTM WND DMG at 07:50 PM CDT -- cramers resort - power lines down... trees down... garage damaged

MPX issues Tornado Warning for Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift [MN] till 9:00 PM CDT ...* AT 820 PM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR APPLETON. RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADIC STORM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

As expected, SPC has now issued a severe 

You can see the intense cluster of storms forming a line (and MCS) in western MN.

THE NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER HAS ISSUED A

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF

EFFECTIVE THIS SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY MORNING FROM 755 PM UNTIL

HAIL TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS TO 75

MPH...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AREA IS APPROXIMATELY ALONG AND 80

STATUTE MILES NORTH AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM 35 MILES WEST

SOUTHWEST OF SAINT CLOUD MINNESOTA TO 60 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF

CAMP DOUGLAS WISCONSIN.  FOR A COMPLETE DEPICTION OF THE WATCH

SEE THE ASSOCIATED WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5).

REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE

FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH

AREA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR

THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS

AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY

OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 404...

DISCUSSION...A WELL-FORECAST FORWARD-PROPAGATING SVR MCS WILL TRACK

GENERALLY EAST AT 40-50KT ACROSS CNTRL MN AND INTO PORTIONS OF WRN

WI THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. INITIAL CELLULAR CONVECTION IS NOW SHOWING

SIGNS OF MERGING INTO A BOWING COMPLEX OF STORMS ACROSS WRN MN AND

ERN SD. A FEW CELLS REMAIN DISCRETE AHEAD OF THE BOW AND WILL

CONTINUE TO POSE SOME CHANCE FOR A TORNADO OR TWO...IN ADDITION TO

LARGE HAIL...WITHIN TORNADO WATCH 404. HOWEVER...WITH TIME...SYSTEM

WILL CONTINUE TO UNDERGO UPSCALE GROWTH AS BELT OF ENHANCED WLY FLOW

ALOFT AND A STRENGTHENING LOW LEVEL JET ACT TO MAINTAIN BOTH MASS

TRANSPORT AND DEEP SHEAR...WHILE MESOSCALE LIFT AND DESTABILIZATION

ARE MAXIMIZED ON THE EDGE OF A STRONG GREAT PLAINS CAPPING

AVIATION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH HAIL SURFACE AND ALOFT

TO 2 INCHES. EXTREME TURBULENCE AND SURFACE WIND GUSTS TO 65

KNOTS. A FEW CUMULONIMBI WITH MAXIMUM TOPS TO 600. MEAN STORM

A new weather watch will likely be issued soon that may include the Twin Cities metro. A 

large MCS is now developing in western Minnesota

, and will pick up speed as it races east this evening. Looks for the potential for damaging winds to increase in Minnesota and in the metro between 10pm and midnight.

AREAS AFFECTED...CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN

THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT FOR TORNADO WATCH 404 CONTINUES.

SUMMARY...A NEW WW LIKELY WILL BE NEEDED EAST OF WW 404 WITHIN THE

NEXT 1 TO 2 HOURS...FOR A CONTINUED RISK OF AT LEAST DAMAGING WIND

DISCUSSION...LOWER/MID TROPOSPHERIC WARM ADVECTION CONTINUES TO

SUPPORT THE EVOLUTION OF AN ORGANIZED MESOSCALE SCALE CONVECTIVE

SYSTEM IN THE PRESENCE OF MODERATELY LARGE CAPE AND STRENGTHENING

DEEP LAYER MEAN FLOW AND SHEAR.  AS THE SOUTHWESTERLY 850 MB JET

STRENGTHENS TO 50+ KT ACROSS PARTS OF THE MID MISSOURI VALLEY INTO

THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY THIS EVENING...AND SURFACE COLD POOLS

ASSOCIATED THE CONVECTION CONSOLIDATE AND DEEPEN...FORWARD

PROPAGATION MAY ACCELERATE...IN AN EASTERLY OR EAST SOUTHEASTERLY

DIRECTION ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH 01-03Z.  THE 00Z SOUNDING

FROM MINNEAPOLIS SUGGESTS SUFFICIENT DESTABILIZATION WILL OCCUR

ACROSS THE UPPER MISSISSIPPI VALLEY TO MAINTAIN A RISK FOR STRONG

WIND GUSTS AND HAIL ACROSS AREAS NEAR/WEST THROUGH NORTH OF

MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL...INTO PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN...

BEFORE ACTIVITY WEAKENS LATE THIS EVENING.

MPX: 2 S Starbuck [Pope Co, MN] trained spotter reports HAIL of half dollar size (M1.25 INCH) at 07:24 PM CDT --

MPX: Milan [Chippewa Co, MN] trained spotter reports HAIL of quarter size (M1.00 INCH) at 07:00 PM CDT --

MPX: 3 NE Dawson [Lac Qui Parle Co, MN] trained spotter reports FUNNEL CLOUD at 06:49 PM CDT -- funnel halfway to the ground.

MPX: Hancock [Stevens Co, MN] trained spotter reports HAIL of half dollar size (M1.25 INCH) at 07:00 PM CDT -- hail lasted 5 to 7 minutes.

ABR: 5 E Wheaton [Traverse Co, MN] trained spotter reports TORNADO at 06:52 PM CDT --

MPX issues Tornado Warning for Pope, Swift [MN] till 7:15 PM CDT

 ...* AT 639 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. IN ADDITION...SPOTTERS REPORTED A WALL CLOUD WITH INCREASING STRENGTH OF ROTATION. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF HOLLOWAY...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

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Tornado Warnings & damage in western MN; Severe storms in metro between 10pm and 1am

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