Weather

Tornado Warning for...
Northeastern Freeborn County in south central Minnesota... * Until 530 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN OLMSTED...NORTHEASTERN MOWER...SOUTHEASTERN DODGE
AND SOUTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTIES...

A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY...

The Minnesota Department of Transportation’s MN511 website is indicating Highway 63 has reopened at Zumbro Falls.

Water levels in areas of Olmsted and Dodge Counties began dropping Friday afternoon after an overnight deluge resulted in widespread flash flooding followed by flooding along the South Branch of the Zumbro River.

The line of menacing thunderstorms that marched across southern Minnesota this morning and this afternoon resulted in some spectacular photos and disrupted some festivities in and near downtown Rochester.

An approaching storm system has prompted the cancellation of the noontime entertainment and other Rochesterfest activities through 3 PM today.

THE FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHERN MOWER AND WESTERN FILLMORE COUNTIES...

Rochester and other areas of southeastern Minnesota are included in a major disaster declaration issued today by President Donald Trump.

Last night a phenomenon that only usually happens in the Arctic Circle was visible across much of the state of Minnesota.