Significant rain over the weekend but the drought is not over. More rain is possible midweek. Temperatures will be near normal for late June this week.
While storms across the state stayed relatively tame, some in Mahnomen saw more extreme weather. The area was the target of tornadoes with wind speeds were between 135 to 160 miles per hour with some damage to homes. The National Weather Service had survey teams out all weekend and plan to release more information. This is an MPR News morning update, hosted by Cathy Wurzer. Music by Gary Meister.
Weather shouldn’t interfere with your outdoor plans at the beginning of the week, but unsettled weather could return on Wednesday. We take a look at the week ahead.
There will be some scattered showers and thunderstorms at times Saturday night. We have details on that, plus Sunday rain chances and a look at the week ahead.
Xcel Energy reports around 30,000 Twin Cities metro customers are without power Saturday afternoon due to strong winds. Crews are on site working to restore the outages, Xcel said.
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