WEATHER FIRST: Severe Thunderstorm Watch until 1 AM for southern Minnesota and northern Iowa. Damaging wind gusts are the primary threat

As of 6:00pm, strong to severe storms in central Iowa were moving quickly to the north and are headed our way. There will be some slight weakening to these storms, but damaging wind gusts will remain a threat through Friday evening.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH is in effect until 1 AM.

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Showers and thunderstorms will push out of the area by late evening. However, as the center of the storm passes overhead, it’ll swing some more energy and moisture through leading to the chance of additional showers late overnight into early Saturday.