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Multiple tornadoes reported in Minnesota amid Monday storms, National Weather Service says

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Monday's severe weather moving through Minnesota created dangerous conditions. 

According to the National Weather Service, a tornado was observed near Fairmont, Minnesota on Monday afternoon. 

The federal agency says it also received "multiple tornado reports" near Winnebago in Faribault County. 

The NWS says Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted, Wabasha and Winona counties were under a tornado watch until just before 9 p.m.

The St. Cloud area on south — including the Twin Cities — was under a moderate, four-out-of-five risk for tornadoes Monday, which indicates not only the possibility of a tornado, but one that could stay on the ground for some time, according to Next Weather Meteorologist Joseph Dames.

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