Rare upward lightning strike spotted over Kansas during severe thunderstorm

Tuesday was indeed an electrifying night in Kansas as a photographer captured an incredible upward strike of lightning amid a raging thunderstorm. 

Icy spots make for a slick Thursday morning commute

After a slushy Wednesday in the metro, we could see some more snow flurries overnight into Thursday morning before skies clear in the afternoon.

Anything and everything can happen with Minnesota weather in March

Wednesday was a day most people in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area probably wanted to spend inside, even if they had to head outside. State Patrol troopers responded to more than a hundred crashes Wednesday morning, and the sloppy weather continued into the evening. That included snow, sleet, rain and freezing rain.

Slick spots possible for AM commute on Thursday
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After a slushy Wednesday in the metro, we could see some more snow flurries overnight into Thursday morning before skies clear in the afternoon.

Outbreak of severe storms pounding the South with destructive winds, tornadoes on Wednesday

Severe storms will impact some of the same places that were hit hard by last week's outbreak of severe weather, which resulted in more than 60 confirmed tornadoes over three days.

Strong solar storm could trigger Northern Lights as far south as Iowa

NOAA's Space Weather Prediction Center has issued a Geomagnetic Storm Watch and predicts the storm could reach level 3 on their 5-level scale when the flares arrive around Wednesday evening.

Rain with some thunder possible overnight for Twin Cities

A slew of precipitation types moved into Minnesota starting late Tuesday and will continue through Wednesday and Wednesday night. But some areas will see a lot more liquid than others and vice versa.

Tuesday's forecast: Rain later today
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Rain for the metro with some wintery mix and snow for northern Minnesota.

Pennsylvania pileup: 3 killed in 50-vehicle pileup on snowy Pennsylvania highway

Tractor-trailers and other vehicles lost control and slammed into each other, people leapt away from careering trucks seconds before collision and at least three people were killed and more than a dozen others injured during a snow squall on a Pennsylvania highway Monday.

After the windiest winter in decades, strong gusts are again on the horizon

The winter temperatures in the Twin Cities this year finished below average, the coldest in eight years. But it was also the gustiest in more than five decades, which made it feel so much colder than the thermometer may otherwise have shown.