Severe Thunderstorms in the Central U.S.; Upper Level Low Over California

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible today across central and eastern Minnesota, Iowa, and western Wisconsin. A few tornadoes, isolated very large hail, and damaging winds may occur. An upper level low will help trigger scattered thunderstorms over portions of central and southern California today along with a few inches of snow in the central Sierra Nevadas. Read More >

Updated 9/10/24

2024 Update: The NWS Twin Cities office received extra information from the August 29th severe weather event and extended a path of a tornado to southeast of Prescott and also raised the level of the Beldenville tornado to an EF-1 for 90mph. These 3 tornadoes brings the yearly count for the state up to 45 tornadoes on the year, which is the third highest documented amount of tornadoes in Wisconsin's history behind 2005 (62) and 2010 (46) . On average, Wisconsin has 23 tornadoes that occur throughout the full year.