Twin Cities Tornado Watch ends early Monday evening

The first heavy thunderstorm warning was exhibited for Rock, Adbles and Murray Counties in Southwest Minnesota, but ran at 2:15 p.m. at 2:15 p.m.

A warm front that collided with a cold front had “a lot of windshit” in the environment and put the stage for an outbreak of twisters.

In anticipation of the bad weather, the St. Paul public school called programs and activities after school. Minneapolis Public Schools also canceled all activities after school, including expanded learning, programming of youth areas and athletics, the district said in an email to families.

In Minneapolis, many urban institutions and services were closed on Monday at 2 p.m. The city has activated its Emergency Operations Center and will keep operators on duty until 9 p.m. 311 to accept calls related to Sturm. The crews of the public work were sent to clean storm processes to mitigate floods, the city said in a release.

All public buildings of the Minneapolis Park and the Recreation Board were also closed at 2 p.m. and all programs and activities were canceled, said officials.

The National Weather Service reported that residents of Twin Cities and those in Albert Lea, Rochester, Red Wing, Fairmont and Mankato have plans in the event that they should have protection on Monday. According to the Storm Prediction Center, Western Wisconsin and North Iowa were also in the bull eye.