Minneapolis, MN — Residents across the Twin Cities and portions of east-central Minnesota should prepare for potentially severe thunderstorms Wednesday afternoon and evening, Oct. 28, with large hail, damaging winds and a few tornadoes possible as storms move toward western Wisconsin.
According to the National Weather Service Twin Cities office, scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop across western Minnesota early Wednesday afternoon before spreading east through the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area and into western Wisconsin during the evening.
The primary severe weather threat runs from 1 p.m. to 9 p.m. Wednesday, with the strongest storms capable of producing hail at least 1 inch in diameter and damaging wind gusts exceeding 60 mph…