Minnesota weather: Strong winds pick up large plume of dust, visibility lowered

MN weather: Warm temps, some rumble chances

This week is expected to be nice and warm, with a possibility for some showers and rumbles later this week. 

(FOX 9) - Strong winds brought a plume of dust across southern and southwestern Minnesota Tuesday afternoon. 

Blowing dust leads to low visibility

What we know:

The National Weather Service (NWS) reported that strong winds brought a plume of dust from farm fields and moved across southern and southwestern Minnesota. 

The plume of dust led to a blowing dust advisory, which ended at 5 p.m. It lowered visibility to as low as half a mile, NWS reported. 

Red flag warning in Minnesota

Local perspective:

The NWS issued a red flag warning for 35 counties in the same area as the blowing dust, due to a wildfire risk. 

The warning is in effect until 9 p.m. 

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The impacted counties include: Big Stone, Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Clay, Cottonwood, Faribault, Grant, Jackson, Kandiyohi, Lac Qui Parle, Lincoln, Lyon, Marshall, Martin, McLeod, Meeker, Murray, Nicollet, Nobles, Norman, Otter Tail, Pipestone, Polk, Pope, Redwood, Renville, Rock, Sibley, Stevens, Swift, Traverse, Watonwan, Wilkin, and Yellow Medicine.