Severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. for much of Minnesota

Get ready for the next round of storms.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 10 p.m. Wednesday night for much of northern and central Minnesota.

The watch zone runs from the northern Twin Cities northward through central and northeast Minnesota.

Storms developing through this evening may produce large hail and damaging winds, along with torrential downpours.

Here’s the watch text from NOAA:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 405 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

330 PM CDT Wed Jun 12 2024

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of northern and central Minnesota eastern North Dakota far northeastern South Dakota northwestern Wisconsin Lake Superior

* Effective this Wednesday afternoon and evening from 330 PM until 1000 PM CDT.

* Primary threats include... Widespread large hail and isolated very large hail events to 3 inches in diameter likely Scattered damaging winds likely with isolated significant gusts to 75 mph possible A tornado or two possible

SUMMARY...Thunderstorm development is expected by 4:30 PM or so across the eastern North Dakota/northwestern Minnesota area, with storms quickly becoming severe. Very large/destructive hail, and strong/damaging wind gusts are expected, with a tornado or two also possible. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 90 statute miles north and south of a line from 40 miles north of Fargo ND to 35 miles east of Duluth MN.