Severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings issued for Twin Cities metro area

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Storm reports are still coming into the Weather Lab Wednesday. National Weather Service storm survey teams from the 

 offices are in the field conducting tornado and damage surveys. 

Preliminary reports from the La Crosse survey team indicate 

a likely EF2 tornado tore up Taopi, Minn.,

 near the Iowa border, and caused injuries around 11:40 pm Tuesday evening.

Wind damage reports also came in from Winona County.

Additional storm reports and details will be confirmed by NWS offices Wednesday afternoon. 

In North Dakota and northwestern Minnesota, it’s an entirely different kind of severe weather. Heavy April snow has produced 1 to nearly 2 feet of snow across parts of North Dakota. 

Blizzard and winter storm warnings continue to bracket the red River Valley. 

Here are some select preliminary snowfall totals from North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. 

Our weather maps continue to look more like March than April. 

Blizzard warnings and winter weather advisories

 continue for much of North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. 

The center of deep low pressure over eastern North Dakota will drift east across northern Minnesota through Thursday. The heaviest accumulating snow is over for Minnesota but the system will drag additional wind-driven snow showers through Minnesota through Thursday. 

Here’s the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Global Forecast System model through 7 p.m. Thursday. 

High temperatures Thursday are still running about 20 degrees colder than average across Minnesota. 

The average high for the Twin Cities Thursday is 56 degrees. 

It looks chilly through the upcoming weekend. I can’t recall a recent spring so reluctant to warm up. 

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