Lakeville and Dakota County are among the areas under a severe thunderstorm watch Friday afternoon.
The National Weather Service issued the watch at 2:37 p.m. The watch goes through 10 p.m.
Here is the text of the watch:
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 261 REMAINS VALID UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 7 COUNTIES IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ANOKA CHISAGO DAKOTA ISANTI KANABEC WASHINGTON 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...BLAINE...CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY... CHIPPEWA FALLS...DURAND...EAU CLAIRE...HASTINGS...HUDSON... LADYSMITH...MENOMONIE...MORA...OSCEOLA...RED WING...RICE LAKE... RIVER FALLS AND STILLWATER.
A hazardous weather outlook is also in place for Lakeville. Here is the text of the outlook:
THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ALONG A COLD FRONT THIS AFTERNOON...AND MOVE RAPIDLY TO THE NORTHEAST. SOME OF THE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LIMITS IN PORTIONS OF FAR EASTERN MINNESOTA...MAINLY ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE OVER EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SATURDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION LATER MONDAY NIGHT AND CONTINUE OVER MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO THURSDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT DURING THIS PERIOD REMAINS LOW AT THIS TIME.
