Minnesota Issues Tornado Watch for 2 Counties Until 10 p.m. as Severe Storms Eye Twin Cities
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Updated · FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul · May 17
Minnesota Issues Tornado Watch for 2 Counties Until 10 p.m. as Severe Storms Eye Twin Cities
4 articles · Updated · FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul · May 17
Cottonwood and Jackson counties were placed under a tornado watch at 3:30 p.m. Sunday, with the alert set to run until 10 p.m.
Level 2 severe-weather risk covers western, central and southern Minnesota, while far southwestern Minnesota faces a Level 3 enhanced risk.
Thunderstorms are expected to enter western and southern Minnesota around dinnertime Sunday, then reach the Twin Cities after 10 p.m. before clearing by Monday morning.
Large hail, strong winds, heavy rain and an isolated tornado are the main threats, though no watches had been issued for the Twin Cities metro as of Sunday afternoon.
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