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Rushmore,MN (KROC AM News) -  The National Weather Service has confirmed three small tornadoes touched down in southwest Minnesota Friday evening.

The 2018 Old Farmer's Almanac is hitting the stands and they are saying cold, wet, dry and wild for this winter. Is that an interesting prediction or what.

The good news is that the rodeo at the Rice County Fair is happening wet or dry. Those cowboys want to try to earn their prize money and won't mind getting dirty to do it. The National Weather Service says there is an enhanced risk of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening...

Undated (KROC AM News) - Several rounds of thunderstorms are possible into Friday evening and there is another threat of severe weather and heavy rain, which poses a flooding risk due to the saturated grounds from this week’s earlier storms.

Rochester, MN (KROC AM News) - Thunderstorms hit southeastern Minnesota late Wednesday afternoon, producing strong winds, lightning and brief periods of heavy rain, more than an inch an hour in some areas.

Severe weather moved through our listening area Sunday night July 9. Areas in Blue Earth, Nicollet and Sibley counties were hit with strong winds and hail. The University of Minnesota Extension Service and the United Farmers Co-op have scheduled a hail clinic to provide farmers with information and assist with decisions that will need to be made...

Be careful what you wish for is what I was thinking last Saturday when I was out to the farm. It had not rained for 10 days or so. The crops were not under moisture stress but with the peas flowering and corn tasselling soon I thought an inch of rain would be great...

The National Weather Service says most of the area can expect temperatures in the upper 80s to low 90s, which, mixed with the high humidity, will cause heat indices to rise into the upper 90s with some 100-degree readings across the southern part of the state...

A severe thunderstorm warning was issued earlier on Thursday morning for parts of Rice and Steele counties. No damage reports have been received so far from this storm. More heavy thunderstorms are moving through southeastern Minnesota. The National Weather Service has issued an urban and small stream flood advisory for poor drainage areas for southwestern Olmsted County in southeastern Minnesota

Our meteorologists at the Weather Eye Weather Center tell us that over the next 5 days, SE MN will be the the hottest its been in the past 4 years.  Temperatures will surpass 90 degrees, leaving people and pets at severe risk.