SVRMPX The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Anoka County in east central Minnesota... North Central Dakota County in east central Minnesota... Northwest Hennepin, Northeast Hennepin, West Hennepin, Central Hennepin, and East Hennepin County in east central Minnesota... Ramsey County in east central Minnesota... * Until 530 PM CDT. * At 439 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Corcoran, or 16 miles east of Buffalo, moving southeast at 35 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Trained spotters reported dime to quarter sized hail near Hanover. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Maple Grove, Champlin, Plymouth, Brooklyn Park, Coon Rapids, Brooklyn Center, Golden Valley, Blaine, Minneapolis, Fridley, New Brighton, Roseville, Shoreview, St. Paul, Maplewood, White Bear Lake and Oakdale.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 355 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA BENTON KANDIYOHI MCLEOD MEEKER MORRISON SHERBURNE STEARNS TODD WRIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ANOKA CARVER CHISAGO DAKOTA HENNEPIN ISANTI KANABEC MILLE LACS RAMSEY SCOTT WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA GOODHUE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DOUGLAS POPE IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN BARRON POLK IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DUNN PEPIN PIERCE ST. CROIX THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BLAINE, CAMBRIDGE, CENTER CITY, CHANHASSEN, CHASKA, DURAND, ELK RIVER, GLENWOOD, HASTINGS, HUDSON, HUTCHINSON, LITCHFIELD, LITTLE FALLS, LONG PRAIRIE, MENOMONIE, MINNEAPOLIS, MONTICELLO, MORA, OSCEOLA, PRINCETON, RED WING, RICE LAKE, RIVER FALLS, SAUK RAPIDS, SHAKOPEE, ST CLOUD, ST PAUL, STILLWATER, VICTORIA, AND WILLMAR.