PHOTOS: Severe weather rolls through metro

Tj Gerard captured this lightning strike while visiting his Grandpa Joe at Fort Snelling. (Photo courtesy: Tj Gerard)

A tree snapped in half at Zumbrota Street NE in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Prairie Wind Chasers)

A tree down in the road at 125th Avenue and Harpers Street in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Prairie Wind Chasers)

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A tree down in Pioneer Park in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo: Sharon Yoo, KARE 11)

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A tree down in Pioneer Park in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo: Sharon Yoo, KARE 11)

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Hail in Avon, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Sierra Bargrain)

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Hail in Avon, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Sierra Bargrain)

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Hail in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Brooke Zemien)

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Hail in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Brooke Zemien)

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Hail in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Brooke Zemien)

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Storm clouds in Mora, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Ryan Ridout)

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A tree down at Pioneer Park in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Prairie Wind Chasers)

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A tree down at Pioneer Park in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Prairie Wind Chasers)

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Tj Gerard captured this lightning strike while visiting his Grandpa Joe at Fort Snelling. (Photo courtesy: Tj Gerard)

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Storm clouds in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. (Photo courtesy: Paula Elert)

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Storm clouds in Balsam Lake, Wisconsin. (Photo courtesy: Paula Elert)

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A tree snapped in half at Zumbrota Street NE in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Prairie Wind Chasers)

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A tree down in the road at 125th Avenue and Harpers Street in Blaine, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Prairie Wind Chasers)

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Hail in Excelsior, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Rhea Schwalbach)

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Hail in Excelsior, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Rhea Schwalbach)

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Hail in Excelsior, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Rhea Schwalbach)

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Storm clouds roll into Cambridge, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Cindy Waldhoff Lukasavitz)

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Storm clouds roll into Cambridge, Minnesota. (Photo courtesy: Cindy Waldhoff Lukasavitz)

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