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Updraft® - Minnesota Weather News
Ron Trenda

Severe thunderstorm watch until 1 p.m. Sunday includes Twin Cities, S Minnesota, west-central Wis.

Be weather-aware this morning/early afternoon

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The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch that continues until 1 p.m. this Sunday afternoon and includes much of southern Minnesota, the Twin Cities metro area and west-central Wisconsin:

Here are details of the severe thunderstorm watch:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 286 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK 535 AM CDT Sun May 29 2022 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southern and Central Minnesota West-Central Wisconsin * Effective this Sunday morning and afternoon from 535 AM until 100 PM CDT. * Primary threats include... Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2.5 inches in diameter possible Isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible A tornado or two possible SUMMARY...Ongoing thunderstorm cluster over southwest Minnesota is expected to continue northeastward into more of southern and central Minnesota and eventually west-central Wisconsin. Strong wind gusts and large to very large hail are possible with this storm cluster over the next several hours. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles west of Mankato MN to 70 miles northeast of Rochester MN. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU6). PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes. && OTHER WATCH INFORMATION...CONTINUE...WW 285... AVIATION...A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 2.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 24040.

There is also a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of far southwestern Minnesota until 10 a.m. this Sunday.

You can hear updated weather information for Minnesota and western Wisconsin on the Minnesota Public Radio News network, and you can see updated weather info on the MPR News live weather blog.

Programming note

You can hear my live weather updates on MPR News at 7:35 a.m., 9:35 a.m. and 4:39 p.m. each Saturday and Sunday.