A risk of severe weather tonight

Slight Risk of severe weather covers just about all of Minnesota and western Wisconsin through tonight.

Conditions in the atmosphere are combining with daytime heating to set up the risk of severe weather over an area defined by the Storm Prediction Center.

June 20 - slight risk
Slight Risk of severe weather covers just about all of Minnesota and western Wisconsin through tonight.

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will continue to develop late this afternoon and this evening.  Some storms could become strong or even severe.

The chance of more significant severe weather will come later this evening and overnight when a line of severe storms is likely to form in western Minnesota and accelerate to the east and southeast.   It appears that the Twin Cities metro area might be in the bullseye some time after 10 p.m.

Radar has been showing a single thunderstorm growing over the Mora area of southern Kanabec County.

June 20 Wunderground radar
MSP radar as of 4:30 p.m. (Source:NWS/Wunderground)

 

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