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Crane collapses during storm in Dallas, killing 1
A construction crane buffeted by high winds during a storm collapsed on a Dallas apartment building Sunday, killing one woman in the building and injuring at least six other people, two of them critically, a fire official said.
Mainly 70s this week; details of Saturday tornado damage near Fertile, Minn.
We can see some big temperature swings in June. Our Twin Cities high temperature was 88 degrees Saturday afternoon.  Our Sunday high temp at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was a respectable 73 degrees, but it happened at 7:34 in the morning.  A cold front moved through, and we were in the 60s from late morning…
Cold fronted today, with showers possible; mainly 70s this week
A cold front continues to move through Minnesota today, accompanied by areas of showers and a thunderstorm chance. Early risers in the Twin Cities metro area enjoyed the most pleasant part of the day. Temperature trends There’ll  will be a lot of highs in the 60s in the northwestern half of Minnesota this Sunday, with some…
Cooler temps Sunday, with a chance of showers; a lot of 70s in the coming week
Most of Minnesota and Wisconsin enjoyed beautiful summery weather on Saturday. The high of 88 degrees at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport was 11 degrees warmer than our average June 8 high temp. As expected, thunderstorms blossomed over northwestern Minnesota and parts of west-central Minnesota Saturday afternoon.  Here’s the Saturday afternoon satellite loop: A severe thunderstorm…
A summery Saturday, western Minnesota has best t-storm chance; cooler on Sunday
A summery milestone was reached Friday at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport: First 90° day of the year in the Twin Cities! The last time we reached 90° was on September 16th. #mnwx pic.twitter.com/MNJWJVrbGi — NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) June 7, 2019 The sunshine and warmth was quite a contrast to that rainy day about three…