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A soggy start to Sunday, then drier, breezy and cooler
Early Sunday morning Rain remains rather widespread across eastern Minnesota early this Sunday morning but will move off fairly quickly to the northeast. Because most of the rain is now light, the National Weather Service has cancelled the flash flood watches that had been in effect for parts of southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin. Flood…
Storms likely later on Saturday
Low clouds blanket most of the area this morning. They will lift slowly with the heating of the day and probably give way to at least some sunshine by afternoon.
Shower and thunderstorm chances
I can’t think of any part of Minnesota that needs rain right now. Northern Minnesota has received ample summer rains, and many spots in central and southern Minnesota are water-logged. Parts of southern Minnesota, southward from far southern Dakota county, are under a flood warning until 8 a.m. tomorrow: Here are the details from the…
Heaviest rains shift south
Thunderstorms dumped more than half a foot of rain Wednesday evening over parts of the north metro, as well as a section of southern Minnesota. Here are radar estimates of storm totals, from the Twin Cities National Weather Service office in Chanhassen: Radar estimated rainfall was over 6 inches from Maple Grove through Brooklyn Park in…