NWS survey confirms 3 Friday morning tornadoes in south metro
A quiet Saturday
A storm survey team from the National Weather Service confirmed that there were 3 tornadoes early Friday morning in the south metro; one tornado in Scott County and two tornadoes in Dakota County. The NWS confirmed that there was also a tornado in Sibley county early Friday morning.
Here are the tornado details (the time of the release is in the upper left, the time of the tornado is in the body of the report):
A quiet Saturday
We aren’t expecting any thunderstorms in Minnesota or western Wisconsin this Saturday. Highs will be in the 70s in most locations, with 60s in northeastern Minnesota:
It’ll be breezy by afternoon in western Minnesota.
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