The Severe Thunderstorm Watch includes Douglas, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Pope, and Todd counties in Central Minnesota. Large hail, damaging wind gusts up to 80 mph, and a few tornadoes are possible in and near the watch area tonight. National Weather Service Stay weather aware, and have a way to receive warnings. From the National Weather Service this evening: A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of Minnesota, North Dakota and South Dakota until 12AM CDT. Note that large hail IS expected with these storms. We're expecting hail up to the size of golf balls, but a few storms may be strong enough for baseball size hail.