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The Twin Cities office of the National Weather Service issued a tornado warning Monday evening as radar showed a tornadic circulation over eastern Carver County, as well as an area of debris that had been lifted into the air.

The NWS damage survey on Tuesday indicated that 

The NWS concluded that around 10:08 Monday evening an EF-1 tornado touched down in Carver county, about 2 miles east of Watertown. It was on the ground for about five minutes and its damage track ended about 3 miles north-northeast of St. Bonifacius in Hennepin County. Thankfully, no fatalities or injuries have been reported. The NWS noted that most of the damage was to trees, crops, and machine sheds or outbuildings

There were numerous reports of damaging thunderstorm winds and pockets of large hail as the storms moved through Minnesota Monday evening. 

Wednesday highs will probably only reach the 60s in much of northern and central Minnesota on Wednesday, with around 70 or lower 70s in the south:

Twin Cities metro area highs are projected to reach the upper 70s Thursday, followed by mid-70s Friday and mid to upper 60s this weekend.

Scattered showers and possibly a few thunderstorms could spread across northern and central Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin Wednesday night into Thursday. The Twin Cities metro area could see a few scattered showers and an isolated thunderstorm on Thursday.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's North American Mesoscale forecast model shows the potential rain pattern Wednesday night through Thursday:

As always, updated weather information can be heard on the Minnesota Public Radio 

, and you’ll also see updated weather info on the MPR News 

There is often speculation about how many hot and steamy days we will have during the Minnesota State Fair. In 2013, the official Twin Cities high temp was in the 90s on six of the 12 days of the fair.

This year’s fair featured zero highs in the 90s. We didn’t even have any days with highs in the 80s at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport. According to the 

, the last time that we didn’t see an official Twin Cities high temp of 80 degrees or higher during the Minnesota State Fair was 2009. 

Hurricane Dorian is now a high-end Category 2 hurricane on the 

 that’s used by the National Hurricane Center:

As of Tuesday evening, hurricane force winds extend outward up to 60 miles from the center of Hurricane Dorian, and tropical storm force winds extended outward up to 175 miles.

 showed this forecast track for the center of Hurricane Dorian over the next few days:

The forecast graphic depicts the “cone of uncertainty” of the path of the center of Hurricane Dorian.

The National Hurricane Center gave this update Tuesday evening:

Hurricane Dorian’s strength and slow movement over the past few days brought incredible destruction to portions of the Bahamas:

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A National Weather Service storm survey indicates that an EF-1 tornado was on the ground for about five minutes Monday evening in the west metro area. We have details of the tornado track.  It’ll feel like autumn in Minnesota and Wisconsin on Wednesday.

Bracing for Hurricane Dorian from Florida to North Carolina

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