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Additional periods of rain, and occasional thunderstorms, can be expected overnight over much of central and southern Minnesota.
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has issued a severe thunderstorm watch until 2 a.m. Friday for southwestern Minnesota:
Severe risk
The Storm Prediction Center of the National Weather Service also has a marginal risk of severe weather through the overnight hours for other locations in southern Minnesota:
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Here are the risk categories that are used by the Storm Prediction Center:
A few areas could receive periods of heavy rain overnight, so some localized flooding is possible over parts of southern Minnesota.
You can follow severe weather developments on the MPR News live blog.
Periods of rain, and a few thunderstorms, are expected on Friday. The severe thunderstorm risk shifts to far southeastern Minnesota for Friday and Friday night:
Lingering showers
The front that is moving through Minnesota this evening will stall out to our southeast on Friday:
That will keep occasional showers in the forecast over eastern Minnesota on Friday night and Saturday.
Cooler
Highs Friday will be in the 70s:
On Saturday, northern Minnesota may see highs in the 60s, with lower 70s over the south.
Highs in the 70s are expected statewide on Sunday.