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Weather and Climate News

A nice couple of days ahead; flooding update

A nice couple of days ahead; flooding update

Winds will be out of the northwest on Thursday, and it’ll be noticeably less humid. Thanks Canada, for the shipment of drier air! Temperature trends Our average high this time of year is 83 degrees in the Twin Cities metro area. That’s about where we’ll end up Thursday afternoon, sharing lower 80s with much of…
by Ron Trenda

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Heat advisory cancelled for metro; fireworks thunder chance update

Heat advisory cancelled for metro; fireworks thunder chance update

At 2:40 p.m., the Twin Cities NWS office cancelled the heat advisory for the Twin Cities metro area and points to the south. The timing of our afternoon thunderstorms really put a break on heating in the metro area, but temps will recover a bit later this afternoon and early this evening. The heat advisory continues…
by Ron Trenda

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Scattered thunderstorms still possible this afternoon and early evening; heat advisory includes metro area

Scattered thunderstorms still possible this afternoon and early evening; heat advisory includes metro area

The first batch of thunderstorms moved through much of Minnesota and the Twin Cities metro area this morning. Some serious storm damage was reported in Bemidji: Emergency crews are trying to find out if it was a tornado that uprooted several trees and even a garage in Bemidji on the Fourth of July.(Photo: Beltrami County…
by Ron Trenda

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Excessive heat warning; showers and thunderstorms at times today and this evening

Excessive heat warning; showers and thunderstorms at times today and this evening

Highs in the lower 90s and dew point temps in the 70s. That’s what we’ll see in much of the southern half of Minnesota this 4th of July. An excessive heat warning is in effect for Hennepin and Ramsey counties from noon to 8 p.m., with heat advisories in much of southern Minnesota and western…
by Ron Trenda

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Northfield says 1 million gallons of wastewater entered Cannon River from treatment plant

From Northfield News: The city of Northfield Tuesday issued an advisory to the public to avoid direct contact with the Cannon River downstream of Northfield after a broken PVC pipe at the city's treatment plant caused approximately 1 million gallons of wastewater to pour into the river.

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Excessive heat watch and thunder chance for the 4th; SW Minnesota flood update

Excessive heat watch and thunder chance for the 4th; SW Minnesota flood update

Southwestern Minnesota had a very wet June: Precipitation map for June across the region. Parts of southwest and south central Minnesota have received over 10" of rain since June 1st, which is double the normal amount. #mnwx #wiwx pic.twitter.com/sDBdJdKbcI — NWS Twin Cities (@NWSTwinCities) July 1, 2018 The last thing that they needed was more…
by Ron Trenda

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Heavy rain and flooding Tuesday morning

Heavy rain and flooding Tuesday morning

Thunderstorms brought heavy rain to parts of Minnesota, mainly from the southwest to the northeast, overnight. Here is the short version of what you might need to know early this morning: Rain has skimmed by very close to the Twin Cites early today while heavy rain is causing problems to the southwest. Radar shows the…
by Bill Endersen

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