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Severe thunderstorms and flooding rains are possible in parts of southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin this Tuesday evening, and the flooding rain threat will continue overnight.

Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service

 continues a tornado watch until 10 p.m. Tuesday evening:

https://twitter.com/NWSTwinCities/status/1037076308579282946

The tornado watch does not include the seven-county Twin Cities metro area, but it does include Rice and Goodhue counties just to the south of the metro area, plus Pierce county of west-central WI.

Heavy rains are expected Tuesday evening into the overnight hours Tuesday night in much of south-central and southeastern Minnesota and parts of western Wisconsin:

The Twin Cities metro area could see rainfall totals of two to three inches, but we could see close to four inches in parts of Dakota county.

Higher rain totals are expected from southeastern Minnesota into parts of western and central Wisconsin.

The areas with the highest areas of rain are most likely to see flash flooding:

A flash flood watch continues into the overnight hours for the areas with the best chance of flash flooding:

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Ron Trenda

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Severe thunderstorms and flooding rains are possible in parts of southern Minnesota and western Wisconsin this Tuesday evening, and the flooding rain threat will continue overnight. The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service continues a tornado watch until 10 p.m. Tuesday evening: A tornado watch has been issued for parts of Iowa, Minnesota…

Tornado watch parts of southern Minnesota until 10 p.m.; flash flood watch Tuesday evening and overnight

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