:: Storm Update 2100CDT
A wild night has indeed occured across the TC metro and SE MN. Tornadic event of what some are estimating at F2-F3 nature occured across Nicollet and LeSuer counties, and the storm responsible continued to show tornadic radar signatures until recently. Storm reports contine to stream in to the NWS, and the news tonight and tomorrow will be filled with the stories about today's weather...
...but we may not be "out of the woods" yet. The graphic above shows the radar picture as of this writing, as well as position of the weather system. Strong instability is now concentrated just east of the surface low over the Sioux Empire, and out across the plains of southwest MN, where temps AND dewpoints remain in the mid-70's. Meanwhile, the trough approaching the Red River Valley is keeping some elevated storms rolling into western and northern MN. There is a fair chance that we could see remnants of one or both of these convective areas spread into the TC metro sometime after midnight.
The cold front should swing through by 9am tomorrow, and bringing with it some drier air that will filter in by mid afternoon. Clearing drier skies will mean temps rebounding a bit into the 80's, for the weekend. Will hope to look at the models and write up a revised weekend forecast in the morning.