Extreme Fire Weather Concerns; Severe Thunderstorms from the Plains to Mississippi Valley

Extremely critical fire weather concerns for portions of the southern High Plans as strong wind and very dry conditions could result in rapid spread of any fires. Meanwhile, severe thunderstorms are expected once again across areas of the Central and Southern Plains, then spreading in the Mississippi Valley regions on Monday. Damaging winds, very large hail and strong tornadoes are possible. Read More >

Another statewide tornado drill is planned in Minnesota for this evening at 6:45 p.m. Due to the potential for funnel clouds in Wisconsin, the tornado drill for this evening was canceled.

We hope you take advantage of these drills by testing your tornado safety plans at work, home, or at school.

Here is the schedule:

6:45 p.m. CDT - Evening Tornado Drill

NOTE: While some communities may use local outdoor sirens, no live Emergency Alert System (EAS) codes will be used during this drill. In addition, Tornado Warning codes will not be sent over weather radio. Because of this, the drill will not be carried over cell phones via the Wireless Emergency Alert system.

Please rehearse your tornado safety plans today! For more information, check our severe weather awareness week page at:

https://www.weather.gov/arx/severeprep

The La Crosse National Weather Service will be testing our Spotter Activation Notification System for the afternoon drill only. Plus we plan on making contact with area Amateur Radio repeaters to test out communications with our mobile spotters as well.

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Extreme Fire Weather Concerns; Severe Thunderstorms from the Plains to Mississippi Valley

Another Tornado Drill for Minnesota at 6:45 p.m. tonight/ Wisconsin Drill for this Evening Cancelled