Another round of severe storms, risk of tornadoes Thursday

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00:00Well, we take a look at yesterday's heavy rainfall and tornado reports, and we've got

00:03another round of rain today, an unsettled weekend, but quieter next week.

00:17So quite the rainfall amounts yesterday, especially west-central Minnesota,

00:22around the Granite Falls, Renville area, up to five inches of rainfall estimated by radar,

00:28and some of the rainfall reports, and a swath of about two to four inches that cut right through

00:32the Twin Cities, Glencoe, and on top of it, some severe weather. That warm front lifted into

00:38southeastern Minnesota, and we had 12 tornado reports just in southeastern Minnesota alone

00:42to add to our tally of what has been an above normal tornado season so far. And our own Joe

00:48Nelson of Bring Me the News captured a tornado. This one didn't have a warning on it. Just southwest

00:54of Lake City. This is his footage yesterday. Tornado was bouncing up and down on the ground

00:59here, and he followed it for a while, catching it as it rolled through. So weather service crews

01:05will be out surveying the damage to see how strong those tornadoes were or not. It appears that most

01:11of them were pretty weak and brief, luckily. But there is a risk of potentially more tornadoes today

01:16in southeastern Minnesota. We have a slight risk, again, of severe storms for almost the same areas

01:21that had it yesterday. Twin Cities' risk is low. We'll be lucky if we can hit 70 degrees today,

01:26probably. But those strong storms are possible once again in southeastern Minnesota. So these are

01:31those updraft tracks, again, essentially tracking the path of some of the strongest storms in the

01:37models, at least, of where those storms could develop. So we have another round of rain today,

01:42generally lighter than yesterday's rainfall. But again, we're going to see some of these embedded,

01:46stronger storms on the south end of that rainfall heading into the afternoon and evening hours.

01:51Rain should wrap up this evening, and it won't be as steady today. On and off, scattered showers,

01:56another half inch to an inch for most of the Twin Cities, but one to two with locally higher

02:01amounts, again, in southeastern Minnesota, especially with some of those storms that develop

02:04in southeastern Minnesota. Those can easily dump some heavier amounts, heavily localized, though.

02:09And that's why we've got the flood watch for those areas in southeastern Minnesota, because they got

02:13a lot of rain as well and could see potentially some of those high rainfall amounts out of those storms

02:18this afternoon and evening. You can tell where the steadier rain showers will be today just based

02:23on the high temperatures. Upper 60s only across central Minnesota under the clouds and showers,

02:29which is a little cool for the end of June. Tomorrow into the 70s, hopefully we can squeeze

02:33out some afternoon sun. Best chance of that will be in western Minnesota, where they'll probably pop

02:37into the low 80s. And dew points won't be as high tomorrow, but they are going to come back up

02:41Saturday and Sunday. It's going to be very humid. Low to mid-70s dew points into that steamy air mass,

02:47combined with a couple of upper-level disturbances. An unsettled atmosphere aloft means that we are

02:52going to have some thunderstorm chances this weekend. That's looked pretty consistent all week,

02:56but we're getting a more clear picture of the timing of those storms now that we're getting

03:00closer. Upper 80s, close to 90 in southwestern Minnesota Saturday afternoon, so very steamy.

03:06And with those 70s dew points, we're talking about a heat index that could be well into the 90s,

03:10if not near 100 in southwestern Minnesota. So not quite as hot as last weekend, but pretty close

03:15in the southwest part of the state. And we are going to be talking about more severe chances.

03:20Northwestern Minnesota tomorrow night. Dry during the day tomorrow, but late tomorrow night into

03:24the early morning hour Saturday. Slight risk for severe storms. And then mainly Saturday evening,

03:29Saturday night, central and southern Minnesota, including the Twin Cities, a slight risk level

03:33two out of five. So we're not done with the severe weather just yet. We probably have a couple

03:37more abouts of that this weekend, picking up where an active June's left off. So evening storms in

03:42the Dakotas, what's left moves into northwestern Minnesota. Fizzles out largely during the day,

03:47but then we're probably going to see more storms fire up in the evening hours Saturday into Saturday

03:51night. Again, those storms could be strong to severe, but Sunday is looking a little better.

03:55Maybe just some isolated shower chances for eastern Minnesota, western Wisconsin, and then things

03:59quiet down next week as those dew points drop. We'll finally get a break from the humid air.

04:04That will settle the atmosphere some as well, too. So 77 tomorrow, hopefully some afternoon sun.

04:10We'll see some midday sun with that steamy air mass Saturday and Sunday as well, but brighter skies

04:17next week as those dew points drop. But seasonable temperatures, low to mid 80s with the next chance

04:22of thunder probably the day before 4th of July, the 3rd. Hopefully we can get that out of here in time

04:27for what will be a busy holiday weekend.

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