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A Level 1 / Marginal Risk of Severe Thunderstorms is Forecast Today and/or Tonight

Thunderstorms with isolated severe gusts and hail will be possible early this evening from parts of southeast Minnesota into western and northern Wisconsin.

For additional details, see the latest Day 1 Convective Outlook.

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Hazard	Wed (10/28)	Thu (10/29)	Fri (10/30)	Sat (10/31)	Sun (11/01)	Mon (11/02)	Tue (11/03)	Wed (11/04)
Severe	Marginal	No Severe	No Severe	No Area	No Area	No Area	No Area	No Area
Fire	No Critical	No Critical	No Area	No Area	No Area	No Area	No Area	No Area

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Severe Weather Climatology (1994-2024)

Any Severe Probabilities: 29 Oct

Sig Severe Probabilities: 29 Oct

Tornado Probabilities: 29 Oct

Damaging Wind Probabilities: 29 Oct

Severe Hail Probabilities: 29 Oct

Significant Tornado Probabilities: 29 Oct

Significant Wind Probabilities: 29 Oct

Significant Hail Probabilities: 29 Oct

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Wildfire Climatology (1992-2020)

100 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 29 Oct

300 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 29 Oct

1000 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 29 Oct

5000 Acres Wildfire Probabilities: 29 Oct

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Latest SPC Publications

Squitieri, B.J., A.R. Wade, and I.L. Jirak, 2026: On a Comprehensive Archive for Derechos across the Contiguous United States. Published in Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.. [6300K PDF]
Chalmers, Z. A., M. D. Parker, 2026: Variability in High-Shear, Low-CAPE QLCS Environments in the Southeastern United States. Published in Wea. Forecasting. [21500K PDF]
Lyons, A. D., R. L. Thompson, B. T. Smith, H. G. Weinman, and A. R. Dean, 2026: Convective Mode Classification and Distribution of Contiguous U.S. Tornado Events from 2003 to 2023. Published in Wea. Forecasting. [19600K PDF]
Harrison, D.R., A. McGovern, C.D. Karstens, A. Bostrom, I.L. Jirak, and P.T. Marsh, 2025: Leveraging Coproduction to Bridge Research and Operations in Operational Meteorology. Published in Wea. Forecasting. [6601K PDF]
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Squitieri, B.J., A.R. Wade, and I.L. Jirak, 2025: On a Modified Definition of a Derecho. Part II: An Updated Spatial Climatology of Derechos across the Contiguous United States. Published in Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.. [3250K PDF]
Squitieri, B.J., A.R. Wade, and I.L. Jirak, 2025: On a Modified Definition of a Derecho. Part I: Construction of the Definition and Quantitative Criteria for Identifying Future Derechos over the Contiguous United States. Published in Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.. [5585K PDF]
Moore, A., 2024: Investigating the Near-Surface Wind Fields of Downbursts Using a Series of High-Resolution Idealized Simulations. Published in Wea. Forecasting. [6768K PDF]
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Oct 24, 2026	Tornado: 0	Wind: 7	Hail: 3

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