NWS Storm Prediction Center Norman OK
0115 PM CDT Wed Jul 08 2026
AREAS AFFECTED...Southeast Minnesota into central Wisconsin
CONCERNING...Severe potential...Watch possible
VALID 081815Z - 082015Z
PROBABILITY OF WATCH ISSUANCE...60 percent
SUMMARY...Isolated large hail and DAMAGING WINDS are the primary
concerns with widely scattered to scattered storms this afternoon. A
watch is possible should convective trends warrant.
DISCUSSION...Thunderstorms have initiated near a stationary boundary
in southern Minnesota. This activity is tied to an upstream
shortwave trough in western Minnesota per water vapor imagery.
Filtered heating ....... more