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Severe risk again Tuesday afternoon

Slight risk for severe storms Tuesday includes Twin Cities area

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Severe weather risk areas Tuesday
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, via Iowa Emergency Management

Our active spring storm pattern continues into early this week.

The next storm wave will cross Minnesota Tuesday afternoon into the early evening. This one likely features a narrow band of thunderstorms crossing Minnesota between midday and evening.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center lays out a slight risk zone across much of central Minnesota Tuesday including St. Cloud, the Twin Cities, and Interstate 90 corridor towns in southern Minnesota including Rochester. (See the map above.)

NOAA’s North American Mesoscale 3 km model is similar to others that shows the storms in western Minnesota by midday pushing into the Twin Cities, Duluth and eastern Minnesota by late afternoon into early evening:

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North American Mesoscale 3 km model between noon and 9 p.m. Tuesday
NOAA, via Tropical Tidbits

The most favored window for potentially severe storms in the greater Twin Cities area is between 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Tuesday. Tune into MPR News stations across Minnesota, including 91.1 FM in the Twin Cities Tuesday. We’ll have extra severe weather updates as needed.

Tuesday’s storms will dump more rain on already saturated ground. Here’s the excessive rainfall outlook for Tuesday:

Highs Tuesday will be summery ahead of the cold front.

Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
Forecast high temperatures Tuesday
NOAA

Highs Wednesday will be cooler under northwest breezes and a few passing showers.

Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
Forecast high temperatures Wednesday
NOAA