By KristinaResidents with outdoor plans will have to remain on alert as severe weather will take aim at parts of the north-central United States daily into Tuesday.
A complex weather situation is expected into Sunday night with separate clusters of severe thunderstorms targeting areas from North Dakota to Wisconsin and western Michigan.
This includes Bismarck and Fargo, North Dakota; St. Cloud, Minnesota, and Green Bay and Madison, Wisconsin.
"The main impacts of the severe weather into Sunday night will be damaging wind gusts to 70 mph, large hail and flooding rain," according to AccuWeather Lead Storm Warning Meteorologist Eddie Walker. "Only a few isolated tornadoes will occur."
However, it should be stressed that it only takes one tornado to devastate a community.
Anyone planning to spend time outdoors should download the free AccuWeather app and enable audible alerts on cell phones. That is a great way to receive severe weather bulletins as they are issued to know when to seek shelter.
Even in the absence of severe weather, as soon as thunder is heard, the risk of being struck by lightning is present.
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Overnight, the violent thunderstorms will transition to a cluster of heavy rain and gusty winds across the upper Great Lakes.
The departure of the storms to end the weekend will not mean a quiet Monday for the North Central states.
Steamy air will still be in place across the Great Lakes and back to the central Plains and a new storm will emerge from the Rockies, setting the stage for another round of violent thunderstorms.
Some of the same communities being threatened on Sunday will face severe weather for a time from midday Monday into Monday night. The threat zone during this time stretches from northern Iowa to Wisconsin and northern Michigan.
Travel conditions can become hazardous when the storms cross sections of interstates 35, 90 and 94. Strong wind gusts can overturn high-profile vehicles, while downpours may dramatically reduce visibility and heighten the risk of vehicles hydroplaning when traveling at highway speeds.
"Monday looks similar to Sunday in terms of severe weather threats," according to Walker. "There may be less of a tornado threat with Monday’s event; although, one or two twisters cannot be ruled out."
Those at the Minnesota State Fair near the Twin Cities will need to closely monitor weather alerts late in the day.
Walker anticipates the severe weather to focus on much of Wisconsin from the evening into the overnight.
In the wake of Monday’s severe weather, cooler and less humid air will cause Tuesday to feel more like early fall over most of the Dakotas and Minnesota, with highs mainly in the 60s expected. Temperatures may even stop short of reaching 60 F in northern Minnesota.
Humidity will lower by the end of Tuesday at the Minnesota State Fair.
On the other hand, it will remain a steam bath in St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit and Cincinnati on Tuesday.
The clash of this heat and humidity with the advancing cooler air will yet again fuel showers and thunderstorms from Michigan to Iowa and northern Missouri.
Some of the thunderstorms along this corridor can turn severe with strong winds and downpours during Tuesday afternoon and evening.
The thunderstorms may press into the eastern Great Lakes and Ohio Valley at midweek with comfortable air sweeping over more of the North Central states.
However, the arrival of the cooler air is not a sign of summer ending. Warmth and humidity can quickly rebound back across the region late in the week and into Labor Day weekend.
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