Tornado Watch 04/28/2025 15:18 for Minnesota, Wisconsin areas

Headline: 
Tornado Watch issued April 28 at 5:18PM CDT until April 28 at 11:00PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Event: 
Tornado Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
April 28, 2025 - 3:18pm
Expires: 
April 28, 2025 - 9:00pm
Description: 
TORNADO WATCH 181 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 11 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 21 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHERBURNE WRIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ANOKA CARVER CHISAGO DAKOTA HENNEPIN ISANTI KANABEC MILLE LACS RAMSEY SCOTT WASHINGTON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BLUE EARTH FARIBAULT FREEBORN LE SUEUR RICE STEELE WASECA IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA GOODHUE IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN BARRON POLK RUSK IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN CHIPPEWA DUNN EAU CLAIRE PEPIN PIERCE ST. CROIX THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBERT LEA, BLAINE, BLUE EARTH, CAMBRIDGE, CENTER CITY, CHANHASSEN, CHASKA, CHIPPEWA FALLS, DURAND, EAU CLAIRE, ELK RIVER, FARIBAULT, HASTINGS, HUDSON, LADYSMITH, LE SUEUR, MANKATO, MENOMONIE, MINNEAPOLIS, MONTICELLO, MORA, OSCEOLA, OWATONNA, PRINCETON, RED WING, RICE LAKE, RIVER FALLS, SHAKOPEE, ST PAUL, STILLWATER, VICTORIA, AND WASECA.
Area Description: 
Anoka, MN; Blue Earth, MN; Carver, MN; Chisago, MN; Dakota, MN; Faribault, MN; Freeborn, MN; Goodhue, MN; Hennepin, MN; Isanti, MN; Kanabec, MN; Le Sueur, MN; Mille Lacs, MN; Ramsey, MN; Rice, MN; Scott, MN; Sherburne, MN; Steele, MN; Waseca, MN; Washington, MN; Wright, MN; Barron, WI; Chippewa, WI; Dunn, WI; Eau Claire, WI; Pepin, WI; Pierce, WI; Polk, WI; Rusk, WI; St. Croix, WI
Forcast Office: 
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN