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The SPC has issued a Slight Risk for severe thunderstorms for most of the Upper Midwest, including Eastern Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota and Western Wisconsin. This includes all of the local area. A strong cold front will push into the region and plow into a hot humid airmass currently over this region. The front will spark numerous thunderstorms across Western Minnesota and Northern Iowa which will become severe. These storms will likely not reach out local area until dusk or after dark, and the main threat will be large hail and damaging winds. There is also a threat for locally heavy rainfall. People should keep in mind Sunday that as the evening approaches there will storms, some possibly severe around the local area.