Severe storms brought baseball-sized hail, strong winds, and at least one confirmed report of a tornado to southern Minnesota on Monday. Please text your photos of the storm to (651)-392-1075 or email them to newsreply@kstp.

Extreme meteorologist Dr. Reed Timmer intercepted a tornado on Monday as a stormy week of severe weather got underway in the central United States.

There are many severe thunderstorm warnings across Southern Minnesota as of 6:20 p.m., along with heavy rain and hail. In Wisconsin, there is a tornado warning in Trempealeau County until 6:45 p.m. In Minnesota, there is a tornado warning in Martin and Watonwan counties until 6:45 p.m. There is also a tornado warning in Cottonwood County.

After Monday's severe storms brought tornadoes to parts of Minnesota​, Tuesday will be much quieter across the state.

An active stretch of stormy weather is hitting the region, and Minnesota could get more severe storms on Friday.

A warm and partly sunny Monday brings highs in the 70s before scattered storms develop late in the day. The Twin Cities metro is under a Level 3 enhanced risk of severe weather, with hail and wind the primary threats,

With Reed Timmer in town monitoring the skies, southern Minnesota and northern Iowa brace for severe weather, including the possibility of damaging hail and thunderstorms.

Southern Minnesota was hammered by severe storms that brought at least one tornado, damaging winds and tennis ball-sized hail on Monday. Information was still coming in as of Monday evening, but footage shared by multiple storm chasers shows a major twister near Truman and Amboy in Blue Earth County.