Weather Alert: Severe Storm Risk for Parts of Minnesota & Iowa Tuesday Night

Rochester, MN (KROC-AM News)- The National Weather Service is asking residents of southeast Minnesota and northern Iowa to keep watch for possible severe weather Tuesday night. 

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So far this year Minnesota has avoided widespread severe weather. That was not the case recently in Iowa, where a large tornado was captured on video. 

The forecast for the Rochester area calls for a sunny day with highs reaching the low 70’s throughout most of the day on Tuesday. The severe weather threat is predicted to arrive in the area by Tuesday evening. 

Hail & Damaging Winds Possible in Southeast Minnesota Tuesday Evening

The Storm Prediction Center has parts of southeast Minnesota, including Mower County, most of Dodge County and a portion of southwestern Olmsted County and most of western Fillmore County, in a Level 2 severe thunderstorm risk. 

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Rochester and communities to the north, south and east are at a Level 1 risk. The National Weather Service says the two main threats posed by the potential severe weather are large hail and damaging winds. 

Forecasters are also not ruling out the possibility of a tornado, but say it’s less likely to occur than the other two hazards. The timing for the potential severe weather in southeast Minnesota ranges from 6 p.m. until 9 p.m. 

The storm system is predicted to weaken as it moves east towards the Mississippi River. 

Anyone living in the potential storm path is asked to seek shelter as the storm approaches and to have multiple ways to receive weather updates.

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