Justin Liles: Heavy rain, flooding, hail, and damaging winds Tuesday-Wednesday

May 20th: Storms coming Tuesday

Storms coming Tuesday

Mostly cloudy skies will prevail through Wednesday as a second area of low pressure moves through the region and brings high chances for rainfall for all areas Tuesday into Wednesday. All areas are likely going to see at least an inch of rainfall through Wednesday afternoon. A good portion of the Northland is under a Flood Watch from Tuesday afternoon to Wednesday morning. As much as 1-3” is likely all over with some areas seeing even more farther west toward Bemidji.

This storm system will also bring strong and gusty northeast winds on Tuesday, with gusts of 20 to 30 mph. The winds back into the north Tuesday night and then around to the northwest Wednesday, with winds remaining strong into Wednesday before finally diminishing Wednesday night into Thursday. Severe storms may accompany these winds Tuesday night into Wednesday through Northern Wisconsin. The threat of large hail, damaging winds, flooding, and isolated tornadoes are possible. More light rain arrives by the weekend.

TONIGHT
A chance of showers and thunderstorms between 11pm and 1am, then a slight chance of showers. Patchy fog between 3am and 4am. Otherwise, increasing clouds, with a low around 48. Northeast wind around 5 mph.
TUESDAY
Showers likely, then showers and possibly a thunderstorm after 1pm. Patchy fog before 10am. High near 58. Breezy, with an east wind 5 to 10 mph increasing to 15 to 20 mph in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 30 mph.
WEDNESDAY
Showers likely and possibly a thunderstorm. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 57. Breezy, with a west wind around 20 mph, with gusts as high as 35 mph..
THURSDAY
Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. Northwest wind around 10 mph, with gusts as high as 20 mph.
FRIDAY
A chance of showers, with thunderstorms also possible after 1pm. Partly sunny, with a high near 58. Breezy, with an east wind 10 to 15 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.
SATURDAY
A chance of showers, mainly before 1pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 63. North wind around 10 mph becoming west in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.
SUNDAY
A slight chance of showers. Mostly sunny, with a high near 65. East wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 15 mph.
MEMORIAL DAY
A chance of showers. Partly sunny, with a high near 62. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph becoming north in the afternoon. Winds could gust as high as 20 mph.