Severe thunderstorm watch until 1 a.m. Saturday includes far southern Minnesota

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Storm Prediction center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for parts of southern Minnesota until 1 a.m Saturday. The watch includes the Interstate 90 corridor towns and cities in southern Minnesota.

Large hail, damaging winds, and even a tornado is possible in the watch zone.

Here are the details from NOAA:

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Severe Thunderstorm Watch Number 34 NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

540 PM CDT Fri Mar 14 2025 The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Northern Iowa South-Central and Southeast Minnesota Far Southwest Wisconsin

* Effective this Friday afternoon and Saturday morning from 540 PM until 100 AM CDT.

* Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph likely Scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Strong to severe thunderstorms ongoing across Iowa will continue to spread northward/northeastward over the next few hours. The environment is expected to remain supportive of large hail and strong/damaging wind gusts across northern Iowa, south-central/southeast Minnesota, and far southwest Wisconsin throughout the evening. The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 45 statute miles north and south of a line from 45 miles southwest of Worthington MN to 45 miles east southeast of La Crosse WI.