National Weather Service

The hottest air of the summer will brush much of Minnesota and Wisconsin with a heat index anywhere from 100 to 111F Tuesday and Wednesday, hot enough to buckle roads according to NOAA

Outside of those three days in mid-April, it's been a long, cold spring in Minnesota this year. But the long-range forecast for May will likely make you smile!

The warning impacts several counties and will be in effect until Friday afternoon.

Both Rice and Steele Counties and the cities of Faribault and Owatonna are on the Everbridge Emergency Notification System. Citizens of those communities are asked to sign up for notifications.

With conditions deteriorating in the area, the NWS issued an official Flood Warning on Tuesday night.

The National Weather Service said what everyone in Minnesota is feeling...and it is hilarious!

My favorite on the list might be Storm Crap Bag. #ItIsBetterThanOlive

The winter storm the National Weather Service had been tracking arrived as anticipated and it has caused dangerous traveling conditions in the region.

Balloons tend to signify a good time. But not always, as the recent Chinese spy balloon sighting and tracking proved. Chinese officials tried to make the case that it was a weather balloon, but that's simply not true. In this post we show the (massive) differences between a spy balloon and a weather balloon.

Gusts are predicted to reach 50 mph.