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Severe Storm Risk for Tuesday

Severe Weather Risks for Tuesday

Outlook for the Week Ahead

The Level 2 of 5 risk for severe storms on Tuesday has expanded in coverage, and now includes portions of far southeast South Dakota, southern Minnesota, and all of northeast Nebraska and western Iowa. The primary threats will be hail up to golf ball size with initial storm development, transitioning to wind gusts up to 70 mph as the storms move east through the late afternoon and early evening. A few tornadoes and isolated flash flooding are also possible. If you have outdoor plans Tuesday afternoon and evening, please stay weather aware and have multiple ways to receive warnings.

Today will start off cloudy, but some areas will see increasing sunshine as the weekend storm system slides off to the northeast. Warmer air moves in on Tuesday, accompanied by increasing thunderstorm chances with strong to severe storms possible in the afternoon and early evening. Additional showers and storms spread north again Wednesday into Wednesday night, with a threat of locally heavy rainfall and possible flooding. These storms should exit through Thursday, with mainly dry but breezy conditions to end the work week on Friday.