The forecast of a rainy 4th of July for much of Minnesota turned out to be spot on. And it will likely go down as the coldest 4th of July in the Twin Cities in 32 years. Waves of showers with embedded thunderstorms crossed much of Minnesota Thursday. The highest severe weather risk remained south of the greater Twin Cities area, but locally heavy rainfall totals are possible into Friday morning across southern Minnesota. With already saturated ground, it won’t take much rainfall to cause small creeks and streams to rise into early Friday.