IOWA TO HELP RESTORE POWER.
THE STORMS FLATTENED MILLIONS
OF ACRES OF FARMLAND.
HERE IS A LIVE LOOK FROM
THE MOBILE WEATHER LAB WEST OF
ST. CLOUD ALONG INTERSTATE 94.
THE ROADWAY IS WET.
HEAVY RAIN JUST PASSED OVER THE
AREA.
LISA MEADOWS IS IN FOR CHRIS
SHAFFER TRACKING THE STORMS.
IT HAS BEEN AN ACTIVE SUMMER.
DEFINITELY.
THE REST OF THE EVENING STAY
WEATHER AWARE, NOT JUST TO THE
WEST BUT THE TWIN CITIES AND TO
THE EAST.
FIRST WHERE WE HAVE THE WORKS
ARE IN PLACE.
WE HAD ANOTHER SEVERE WEATHER
WARNING.
WE HAVE NO TORNADO WARNINGS IN
PLACE.
THE LAST EXPIRED AT 5:00 P.M.
SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS IN
PLACE IN THE ORANGE POLYGONS.
THIS IS UNTIL 5:30 P.M.
WITH THIS STORM CELL, A
NORTHEASTERLY COMPONENT MOVING
AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.
POPE AND STEARNS JUST GOING
UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING UNTIL 5 LON 45 THEN UP
TO THE NORTH YOU CAN SEE WE
HAVE ONE MORE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN PLACE.
THESE ARE THE THREE ON THE
BOARD FOR NOW.
THE MAIN THREAT IS AT LEAST ONE
INCH DIABETES APPARENTLY TEAR
HAIL -- DIAMETER HAIL.
I WENT AHEAD AND TIMED OUT THE
ENTIRE LINE OF STORMS HERE.
THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THIS IS
UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING BUT LOOKING AT STRONG
WINDS THAT COULD BE COMING OUT
OF THE STORMS AS THEY MAKE
THEIR WAY FURTHER TO THE EAST.
THESE ARE THE LOCATIONS WHERE
WE HAVE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNINGS IN PLACE.
BUT I DO NOT THINK WE ARE DONE
WITH THIS.
THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE
TORNADO WATCH IN PLACE.
AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS START
UP, THEY ARE FIRING UP TO THE
WEST.
THAT'S WHERE WE HAVE INDIVIDUAL
CELLS AND THAT GIVES YOU A
BETTER SHOT OF SEEING TORNADOES
WITH THOSE STORMS, HENS THE
TORNADO WARNINGS WE WERE
DEALING WITH.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH GOES
UNTIL 8:00 P.M.
IN THE YELLOW.
THE WESTERN PART OF THE METRO
IS UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH.
IN PINK TO THE SOUTHWEST THAT
GOES UNTIL 9:00 P.M.
IT'S POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS
CONTINUE TO MOVE TO THE EAST,
IF THEY GET ORGANIZED IN A
STRAIGHT LINE WE COULD SEE
ANOTHER TORNADO WATCH OR SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH DEVELOP OR
BE POSTED FOR THE TWIN CITIES
OR FURTHER TO THE EAST.
I WANT TO MENTION WHERE WE HAVE
THE FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE FROM
BRAINERD TO BEMIDJI BECAUSE OF
THE POTENTIAL OF HEAVY RAINS
AND FLOODING.
3 OUT OF A 5 IN PLACE, TWIN
CITIES TO THE WEST.
THIS IS WHERE YOU HAVE THE BEST
SHOT OF SEEING SOME OF THOSE
THUNDERSTORMS.
IT'S POSSIBLE TO SEE UP TO 2-
INCH DIAMETER HAIL WITH THE
STORMS.
65 MILES PER HOUR WINDS OR
STRONGER AND LOCALIZED FLASH
FLOODING AND ISOLATED TORNADO
RISK.
HERE IS WHY.
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IS IN
PLACE.
WE HAVE THE WARM, MOIST AIR
HERE AND THIS FRONT IS LIFTING
THROUGH.
AS THIS COLD FRONT CONTINUES TO
LIFT THROUGH, WE ANTICIPATE
THESE THUNDERSTORMS THAT WE
HAVE ALREADY SEEN OFF TO THE
WEST CONTINUE TO PROGRESS TO
THE EAST.
SO, THROUGH DINNERTIME, ALONG
35 TO THE WEST IS WHERE YOU
NEED TO STAY WEATHER AWARE.
WE CONTINUE TO WATCH THIS LINE
OF STORMS SWING THROUGH THE
TWIN CITIES BETWEEN 6:00 AND
8:00 P.M.
MAKING THEIR WAY INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN INTO 10:00 P.M.
AND THEN MOVING ON OUT OF HERE
INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS.
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN COULD LEAD
TO FLOODING.
THIS MODEL TAPERED DOWN THE
RAIN AMOUNTS.
WE COULD SEE A QUARTER INCH TO
1/2 INCH OF RAINFALL.
TEMPERATURES ARE WARM.
84.
DEW POINTS ARE UP.
IT'S MUGGY.
AS WE CONTINUE TO SEE THE FRONT
MOVE THROUGH, YOU KNOW WHAT
HAPPENS, WASHES OUT THE
HUMIDITY.
TAKES THE TEMPERATURES DOWN.
WE WILL TAKE THE RAIN AWAY AND
IT'S SETTING UP FOR A GORGEOUS
WEEKEND.
80 DEGREES.
NOT TOO HUMID FOR SATURDAY AND
FOR SUNDAY.
FEELING MORE LIKE FALL ACTUALLY
AS WE CONTINUE TO START OFF THE
WEEK.
WE HAVE A DRY STRETCH UNTIL WE
GET TO THE END OF THE WORKWEEK.
SO, GOES QUITE A BIT OF A
CHANGE FOR THE WEEKEND BUT WE
HAVE TO GET PASSED TONIGHT.