Accumulating Snow North - PM Tornado Risk South/East of Twin Cities

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center has a slight risk of severe storms for much of southeastern Minnesota, including a 5% tornado risk - unusual but not unprecedented for early March. There may be severe/tornado watches issued later today, so be alert for that. On the cold side of the storm a stripe of plowable accumulation is still expected for parts of central and northeastern Minnesota

March 10, 2021 at 3:22PM
Multiple Weather Threats (Praedictix, Twitter/The Minnesota Star Tribune)
ECMWF Snowfall Potential by midday Thursday (weatherbell.com/The Minnesota Star Tribune)

Snowfall Potential. The 06z run of ECMWF (the European model) still shows a semar of 2-5" from near Alexandria and Brainerd to Duluth and the North Shore. Accumulating snow and a slight tornado risk in the same state at the same time. Only in Minnesota.

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