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Bow echo? Damaging wind, hail, flash flood risk tonight
Stay alert for watches and warnings Tuesday tonight. Storms may congeal into a fast moving bow echo packing damaging winds moving parallel to the I-94 corridor tonight.
Tornado watch until 1 a.m. Monday
The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch until 1 a.m. Monday for much of central and southern Minnesota. The tornado watch includes the Twin Cities metro area: Here are some details: Updates Updated weather information can be heard on the Minnesota Public Radio Network, and you can also read about…
Enhanced risk of severe weather in parts of Minnesota
In their midday update, the Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service placed parts of east-central through southeastern Minnesota in an enhanced risk of severe weather today and tonight: Enhanced risk means that numerous severe thunderstorms are possible. Most of the Twin Cities metro area is in the enhanced risk category. Much of central…
Thunderstorm chance increases late afternoon and evening
We’re seeing some Sunday morning showers across parts of northern and central Minnesota, and some of those could spill over into the northern section of the Twin Cities metro area. Our main rain event will be later today. Instability will increase this afternoon, and scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop by mid to late afternoon…