After days of heat and humidity, the atmosphere across the region is primed to turn stormy, and forecasters have a clear eye on where the roughest weather is most likely to land today.
If you’ve got outdoor plans in the southern half of Minnesota or across Wisconsin, it’s worth keeping one eye on the sky and the other on your phone for any important alerts that could very well pop up.
Where The Threat Is Highest
The NOAA Storm Prediction Center has placed southeastern Minnesota and western Wisconsin under a level 3 “enhanced” risk for severe weather — the sharpest threat zone in the region today.
You can view the latest severe weather outlook directly from the SPC. The Twin Cities metro sits along the northern edge of that risk, with a level 2 “slight” risk extending across a broader stretch of southern Minnesota and into Wisconsin…