Metro storms increase through 9 p.m.

Storms are on the increase and will move into the metro during the next few hours.

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Thunderstorm developing near Victoria in southwest metro. Paul Huttner/MPR News

Radar shows the clusters gaining strength and getting better organized west of the Twin Cities.

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Weather Underground

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's Storm Prediction Center gives a 60 percent chance of issuing a watch in the next hour.

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NOAA

Look for scattered strong to severe storms in the metro through 9 p.m.

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