Midwest, Plains watching for threats from severe storms
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center said scattered severe thunderstorms are also possible in Iowa and western Wisconsin. An area of damaging winds reaching 60-plus mph and hail may also develop over parts of eastern Kansas, southwest Missouri and into northeast Oklahoma.
Watching for the potential for dangerous storms in the Upper Midwest
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch has been issued for parts of Minnesota, Iowa and Wisconsin until after sunset on Thursday.
MINNEAPOLIS – Thunderstorms are expected to threaten a significant area of the Upper Midwest, producing damaging winds, large hail and tornadoes.
The storms will form along a cold front moving eastward, with the greatest tornado risk in Minnesota, including Minneapolis, the FOX Forecast Center said.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch was issued until after sunset for communities in Iowa, Minnesota and Wisconsin.
And in northern Minnesota and Wisconsin, a Tornado Watch was issued by the Storm Prediction Center.
Further south, a Severe Thunderstorm Watch was aslo issued for parts of Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri.
NOAA's Storm Prediction Center said scattered severe thunderstorms are also possible in Iowa and western Wisconsin. An area of damaging winds reaching 60-plus mph and hail may also develop over parts of eastern Kansas, southwest Missouri and into northeast Oklahoma.
A look at the severe storm threat in the Midwest on Thursday. (FOX Weather)
"We've got a Level 2 out of 5, and this goes all the way from Duluth down into Kansas City," FOX Weather Meteorologist Craig Herrera said.
More severe storms are not what Minnesotans want after two rounds of destructive storms already tore through the state on August 26 and August 29. No fewer than 11 tornadoes hit the state, which averages only eight for the month of August. In addition, there were also over 100 reports of damaging winds.