Forecast First Alert: Severe storms possible Wednesday afternoon, evening

Here’s your Tuesday evening forecast for June 11, 2024 from Minnesota’s Weather Authority and Meteorologist Wren Clair.

Minnesota’s Weather Authority is calling a Forecast First Alert on Wednesday for severe storms.

Scattered showers and non-severe storms are possible tomorrow morning. By the afternoon scattered storms strengthen with the risk for severe storms especially for central and southwestern Minnesota. When the storms begin, there will be a few hours where they could produce big hail, strong winds, and isolated tornadoes.

Scattered storms stay in the forecast Wednesday evening, but scattered severe storms during the evening commute are more likely west and north and west/southwest of the Twin Cities. The metro could see some scattered severe storms again between 7 PM to about 11 PM tomorrow night.

The risk for severe weather Wednesday is possible across all of Minnesota and western Wisconsin.