This Thursday, Minnesota will host a statewide tornado drill at 1:45 PM and 6:45 PM, helping communities enhance their emergency preparedness during Severe Weather Awareness Week.
Despite the snow and continued cold weather, thunderstorm and tornado season will be here before you know it. This week is Severe Weather Awareness Week in Minnesota.
This is "Severe Weather Awareness Week" in Minnesota. Each day is devoted to a specific topic: today (Monday) is alerts and warnings, tomorrow (Tuesday) is severe weather, lightning and hail, Wednesday is floods, Thursday is floods, and Friday is extreme heat.