Minneapolis (Fox 9) – The storms, some serious, pushed through Minnesota and in twin cities early Saturday morning. Here are the live updates.
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Live updates on night storms can be found below. You can check the active weather alerts here.
5:05 am – Strong rains in twin cities; Serious storms in Wisconsin
It is a noisy morning in the metro of twin cities, with thunder, lighting and heavy rains reported. Plymouth picked up about 2 inches of rain so far during the storms on Saturday morning.
Meanwhile, some regions of northwest of Wisconsin, including Hayward, are under a severe thunderstorm warning until 6 am
4 h 35 – rain, lightning and thunder
It is a noisy morning in twin cities while storms cross the metro, producing heavy rains and a frequent lightning. A hail was reported in downtown Minneapolis.
A serious storm watch is in effect until 6 am, but there is no serious active warnings to date.
4:20 – some power outages reported
About 2,000 Xcel Energy customers in and around the Twin Cities metro were without electricity early Saturday morning while storms passed.
4 h 07 – Watch of the extensive severe thunderstorm
The National Weather Service extended the severe storm watch which was to expire from 4 a.m. on Saturday at 6 a.m. on Saturday and widened the more east surveillance area in Wisconsin.
Storms have the potential to damage winds, hail and heavy rains, which could cause localized floods.
3:50 a.m. – Storms growing in the metro of twin cities
The storms, which produced heavy rain and lightning, grow in the metro of twin cities. There are not indeed severe thunderstorm warning active for the metro of twin cities, but a serious thunderstorm watch is in force. Strong rains, gusty winds and perhaps a certain hail are possible, with precipitation of 2 to 4 inches per hour possible.
The Buffalo areas in Maple Lake picked up about more than 2 inches of rain. Some regions of the Wright county have seen hail.
The serious storm watch should currently expire at 4 am on Saturday, but there are signs that it can be extended.
2 h 35 – Storms northwest of twin cities
The counties of Sherburne and Wright are subject to serious storm warnings early Saturday morning. The areas see heavy rains, with an influx on possible roads. No lightning flood warning was issued when writing this article.
If this trend takes place, the storms could grow in the Twin Cities metro in the next two hours.
2h05 – Rain oven, lighting
Precipitation rates are about 2 inches over 30 minutes with this storm, which could cause sudden floods. Lots of lighting is also one of these storms.
You can check the active weather alerts here.
1h40 Saturday – severe thunderstorm warning
Severe thunderstorm warnings are starting to appear in certain areas of the land country, including the Pequot and Crosslake lakes early Saturday, until 2:30 am
A severe thunderstorm warning was also issued for the Elk and Monticello river region until 2:30 am
You can check the active weather alerts here.
9:45 p.m. Friday – Watch of severe thunderstorm issued
A serious thunderstorm watch was made until 4 am for a large part of Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro.
Scattered storms at night could cause gusts, a certain hail and even an isolated tornado.
Chronology of what to expect
Minnesota storms:
A cold front will plow the state on Friday evening and could trigger a line of powerful storms, initially causing a threat of hail for northern Dakota and northwest of Minnesota, but more transitioning towards a threat of wind over the night.
There is a level 2 risk of violent storms for all Minnesota, with the exception of south-east of Minnesota, which is under a marginal risk of level 1. The main threat of this system is more than 60 gusts of wind and a 2 to 2 inch hail and an isolated tornado.
Severe weather risk. (Fox 9)
Chronology:
A line of storms should start late Friday evening until early Saturday morning in the North Dakota and / or northwest of Minnesota and move to the southeast through the state early Saturday morning.
Storms can reach twin cities before 3 a.m. or maybe until 5 a.m. until 5 a.m. on Saturday, and should get out of the metro on Saturday morning.
You can check the active weather alerts here.
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Minnesota weekend forecasts
What is the next step:
Saturday should be warm and acute, with summits in the mid -1980s and cleaning the sky after the morning storms. Sunday will be mainly sunny and less humid with summits in the mid -80s.
Temperatures should keep regularly in the next week, remaining slightly higher than average with additional chances for some rumbles.
Here is an overview of seven days forecasts:
The source: This story uses information provided by meteorologists from Fox 9.
