Rare March tornado watch until 10 pm

Our fast forward spring continues. A highly erratic weather pattern has yielded the first tornado watch of the season for southern Minnesota and the Twin Cities.

Live: Severe weather updates

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NOAA

URGENT - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED

Tornado Watch Number 63

NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK

245 PM CST Mon Mar 6 2017

The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a

* Tornado Watch for portions of Central and southern Minnesota

Far west-central Wisconsin

* Effective this Monday afternoon and evening from 245 PM until 1000 PM CST.

* Primary threats include...A couple tornadoes possible

Scattered damaging wind gusts to 65 mph possible

Isolated large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible

SUMMARY...Widely scattered storms developing over southwest Minnesota will spread northeast this evening with a risk for all severe hazards.

If a tornado does develop today, it will be the earliest in Minnesota on record.

As always, check the MPR severe weather live blog here.

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