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Severe thunderstorm watch expanded to include Twin Cities until midnight

Severe storms have dropped large hail Thursday night.

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Severe thunderstorm watch until midnight.
NOAA

The severe thunderstorm watch for much of MInnesota has been expanded to include the entire Twin Cities area.

Here’s the original watch text that now includes the Twin Cities area.

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 488 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

525 PM CDT Thu Jul 13 2023 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northwest Iowa Minnesota

* Effective this Thursday afternoon from 525 PM until Midnight CDT.

* Primary threats include... Scattered large hail likely with isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible

SUMMARY...Multiple corridors of storms will progress east-southeastward through the evening into and across western/central/southern Minnesota, with severe hail/wind possible.