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1. Article · Sep 17, 2026 · Mandy Thalhuber

   Minnesota braces for a major rainmaker Friday (opens the original)

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   Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. Minnesota is heading toward a potentially soggy end to the week with widespread heavy rain expected Friday into early Saturday. The heaviest rainfall is currently expected from the Twin Cities metro area south toward the Minnesota–Iowa border, where 3 to 5 inches or more could fall. A significant storm system will bring attention to the Upper Midwest from Friday into th

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2. Article · Aug 24, 2026 · Mandy Thalhuber

   Fair warning: How the Minnesota State Fair handles severe weather (opens the original)

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   Create an account or log in to save stories. Thanks for liking this story! We have added it to a list of your favorite stories. The Minnesota State Fair is a city within a city, with hundreds of thousands of people packed into an outdoor venue over 12 days. So what happens when severe weather threatens? The answer starts well before the first raindrop falls. As a meteorologist, I wondered: How do you monitor a rapidly changing storm and communicate that threat to a massive crowd spread across an

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