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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News

Updraft® is your source for Minnesota forecasts and insights from our expert meteorologists, Paul Huttner, Sven Sundgaard and Mandy Thalhuber.

MPR News brings you the latest weather outlook, across all of Minnesota, so you can be better prepared for your day.

Flash flood watch: More heavy storms likely Wednesday

There is a slight risk for severe weather in both northern and southern Minnesota. The latest outlook form NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center puts the Twin Cities in the marginal risk zone between areas of slight risk to the north and south.
by Paul Huttner

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Tropical cloudbursts: Severe risk Wednesday

Tropical cloudbursts: Severe risk Wednesday

Our steamy tropical summer air mass continues to deliver torrential tropical downpours. Tuesday’s fare included another shot of flooding rain. Over 2 inches of rain fell in less than an hour Tuesday afternoon. Street flooding in Minneapolis lit up twitter.
by Paul Huttner

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Flash flood warning until 7:30 pm

Flash flood warning until 7:30 pm

Torrential downpours blew up again in the Twin Cities this afternoon. A flash flood warning is in effect until 7:30 pm for the central Twin Cities.
by Paul Huttner

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A steamy Monday, with a t-storm chance; heat advisory for the Twin Cities metro

A steamy Monday, with a t-storm chance; heat advisory for the Twin Cities metro

It was a steamy Sunday across central and southern Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin. Portions of central and northern Minnesota saw some strong to severe thunderstorms Sunday afternoon and Sunday evening, and a few strong thunderstorms clipped the northeast part of the Twin Cities metro area in the evening. Some spots in Minnesota also…
by Ron Trenda

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Severe thunderstorm watch for much of Minnesota until midnight, includes the Twin Cities metro area

The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch that continues until midnight Sunday night across a large portion of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro area: A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota until 12 AM CDT pic.twitter.com/AD3ceWrQxj —…
by Ron Trenda

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Metro heat advisory this afternoon through Monday evening; thunderstorm chances increase this evening

Metro heat advisory this afternoon through Monday evening; thunderstorm chances increase this evening

It’ll be steamy Sunday afternoon and evening across much of southern and central Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin. You’ll want to stay hydrated. Temperature details Sunday afternoon highs will be well into the 80s across the northern half of Minnesota, with 90 to lower 90s in the  southern half of Minnesota and parts of…
by Ron Trenda

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