Hail, rain pound metro Minneapolis

The metro area endured its second hailstorm in five days Thursday, this one peppered with lightning strikes and heavy rain right at afternoon rush hour, plus a wide-ranging tornado watch and potential flooding overnight.

The outbreak was part of a larger weather system that brought severe weather along a path that stretched from Texas to Wisconsin. At least four tornadoes touched down in western and central Kansas, where residents had nervously braced for what National Weather Service forecasters called a potentially historic outbreak of tornadoes.