A tornado watch has been issued until 8 p.m. across all of central Minnesota and into northwest Wisconsin. The watch includes 35 counties in Minnesota, including the Twin Cities metro area, and 20 counties in Wisconsin,

A tornado watch is in effect until 8 p.m. Thursday, May 15. The National Weather Service issued the watch for 21 Minnesota counties, including Stearns, Benton and Sherburne counties. The watch was issued shortly after 2:30 p.m. Thursday.

The threat of tornadoes looms over much of Minnesota Thursday as severe storms blow across the state and into western Wisconsin.