Here’s a summary of what’s going on/happened-

5:45pm: Tornado warnings are being issued again. Stick with us at KTTC.com and on-air.

- Tornadoes were on the ground this afternoon around Hayfield. Right now, we have pictures here.
- Flash Flood Warnings for Olmsted, Mower, Dodge counties until 9 pm.
- Tornado Watch for Dodge, Mower, Steele, Olmsted, Wabasha, Winona, Fillmore, and Houston counties in Minnesota; Buffalo and Tremealeau in Wisconsin until 10pm.
- Severe Thunderstorm Watch for most of our other counties until 10 pm.

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Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 7:00 Tonight

Edited to add: “Outbreak” wasn’t the best choice in wording today. As we all know, things stayed pretty quiet around southeast Minnesota, but we did get a decent gulp of much-needed rainfall. Enjoy your weekend! A large portion of our viewing area, and the Upper Mississippi Valley  for that matter, is under a severe watch of some type this afternoon until the early evening hours.  Right now, we have a Severe Thunderstorm Watch effective until 7:00 this evening for southeastern Minnesota including Rochester, Wabasha, Austin, and Preston.  In Iowa, that watch covers Charles City, Decorah, and New Hampton.  A Tornado Watch has been issued for far northeastern Iowa and much of southwestern Wisconsin until 8:00.

A Tornado Watch is in effect until 8:00 this evening

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What a mess across the Upper Midwest. As you can see (click left) there’s a mass of Warnings and Advisories with this latest winter storm. For many, it will be the first punch of the winter season. As Randy posted some handy links yesterday, you can find more local information from Duluth, Twin Cities, and Grand Forks on the storm, and what’s expected in their areas. No joke – travel will be near impossible on Sunday into Monday for points north and west.

We’re getting the warm side of this system. Look for rain showers mixing with snow, maybe some freezing rain, sleet, and highs in the 30s again tomorrow. Temps will drop as a strong cold front barrels through tomorrow evening. Precip will switch over to all snow by then, but we’re not looking for much. A dusting, inch at most. Very cold – dangerous wind chills even – into Monday as northwest winds will howl.

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