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Heavy Rainfall in the Southwest and Southeast This Weekend; Monitoring Tropical Cyclone Formation Which Could Impact the Southeast U.S.

Heavy rainfall from monsoon thunderstorms may bring isolated flash and urban flooding to the Desert Southwest. A near-stationary front will bring numerous showers and thunderstorms to much of the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast. Tropical wave (AL94) is likely to become a depression. Significant uncertainty remains in the track and intensity, but chances for impacts to the Southeast are increasing. Read More >

Overview

During the early morning hours of July 12th, a line of severe storms tracked from central Minnesota into western Wisconsin.  This line of storms created widespread damaging straight line winds across Anoka and northern Washington Counties in eastern Minnesota, with the damaging winds continuing into northwest St. Croix and southwestern Polk counties in western Wisconsin. Within this broad swath of damaging winds, there were four tornadoes.  In East Bethel, Columbus, Wyoming, southern Forest Lake, and Hugo, two tornadoes occurred, both with concentrated paths of more significant damage. Two more tornadoes occurred elsewhere:  one touched down southeast of Chisago City and the other hit Warner Nature Center and surrounding areas, southwest of Marine on St. Croix.

 

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