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Heavy rain overnight caused some serious flooding in parts of northwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota:

A flash flood warning continues to 6:30 a.m. in several northwestern Wisconsin counties:

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Additional heavy rains are possible today in parts of Minnesota and Wisconsin:

Flood warnings continue in several northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin counties today:

Many counties that are not in a warning are in a flash flood watch.

Some strong to severe thunderstorms could develop today, especially this afternoon and evening:

 of the National Weather Service includes the Twin Cities metro area and much of southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin in a slight risk of severe weather today and tonight.

Slight risk means that scattered severe thunderstorms are possible:

Updated weather information can be heard on the Minnesota Public Radio 

, and updates are also posted on the MPR News 

This will also be a good weekend to have your NOAA weather radio or mobile phone weather app nearby for weather warnings.

Travelers will want to be aware of which county they are in, because weather warning headlines typically list the county or counties being warned.

It'll be a steamy Sunday.  An excessive heat warning is in effect for the Twin Cities metro area until 7 p.m., with heat advisories until 7 p.m. in parts of southern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin:

Southeastern Minnesota and southwestern Wisconsin are also in a heat advisory until 7 p.m.:

Details of the excessive heat warning for the Twin Cities metro area:

Details of the south-central Minnesota heat advisory:

Heat exhaustion and heat stroke have these symptoms:

You can hear my live weather updates on Minnesota Public Radio at 7:49 a.m. Thursdays and Fridays, and at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:35 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.

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Heavy rain overnight caused some serious flooding in parts of northwestern Wisconsin and northeastern Minnesota: A flash flood warning continues to 6:30 a.m. in several northwestern Wisconsin counties: BULLETIN – EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED Flash Flood Warning National Weather Service Duluth MN 323 AM CDT SUN JUN 17 2018 The National Weather Service in Duluth MN…

Steamy Sunday; thunderstorms at times today and tonight, with a severe thunderstorm possible

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