Tornado watch cancelled for most of Twin Cities area

Updated: 8 p.m.

The Twin Cities National Weather Service has canceled the tornado watch for most of the Twin Cities metro area.

The watch remains in effect for areas south and east until midnight. The tornado threat continues for Wisconsin.

A tornado was spotted near Elk Mound in Wisconsin Tuesday evening.

NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a tornado watch until midnight. The watch zone includes the Twin Cities, southeast Minnesota, and parts of Iowa and Wisconsin.

Storms will develop rapidly along a cold front this evening. All severe weather modes are possible including large hail, damaging straight-line winds, and tornadoes. Stay alert for possible warnings this evening.

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URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 660 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 445 PM CDT Tue Sep 24 2019

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Tornado Watch for portions of Western and central Iowa Southern and east-central Minnesota Eastern Nebraska West-central Wisconsin * Effective this Tuesday afternoon from 445 PM until Midnight CDT. *

Primary threats include... A few tornadoes likely with a couple intense tornadoes possible Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3 inches in diameter likely Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 80 mph possible

SUMMARY...Several supercells are expected to develop from eastern Nebraska and western Iowa northeast across southern Minnesota into west-central Wisconsin this evening, capable of producing all severe thunderstorm hazards. The greater tornado threat should exist from northern Iowa across southern Minnesota into west-central Wisconsin. The tornado watch area is approximately along and 80 statute miles east and west of a line from 5 miles west of Shenandoah IA to 50 miles north northeast of Minneapolis MN.