Minnesota Severe Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 08/20/2026 16:07

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued August 20 at 6:07PM CDT until August 21 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
August 20, 2026 - 4:07pm
Expires: 
August 20, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 607 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 22 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA BENTON KANDIYOHI MCLEOD MEEKER MORRISON RENVILLE SHERBURNE SIBLEY STEARNS TODD WRIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CARVER ISANTI KANABEC MILLE LACS SCOTT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BLUE EARTH BROWN LE SUEUR NICOLLET WATONWAN IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA REDWOOD THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CAMBRIDGE, CHANHASSEN, CHASKA, ELK RIVER, GAYLORD, HUTCHINSON, LE SUEUR, LITCHFIELD, LITTLE FALLS, LONG PRAIRIE, MANKATO, MONTICELLO, MORA, NEW ULM, OLIVIA, PRINCETON, REDWOOD FALLS, SAUK RAPIDS, SHAKOPEE, ST CLOUD, ST JAMES, ST PETER, VICTORIA, AND WILLMAR.
Area Description: 
Benton, MN; Blue Earth, MN; Brown, MN; Carver, MN; Isanti, MN; Kanabec, MN; Kandiyohi, MN; Le Sueur, MN; McLeod, MN; Meeker, MN; Mille Lacs, MN; Morrison, MN; Nicollet, MN; Redwood, MN; Renville, MN; Scott, MN; Sherburne, MN; Sibley, MN; Stearns, MN; Todd, MN; Watonwan, MN; Wright, MN
Forcast Office: 
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Sender: 
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov