Tornado Watch Still on in Southwest

Update: Tornado warning lifted in southwest Metro. Tornado watch in effect until midnight.

The National Weather Service in Chanhassen has issued a tornado watch and a storm warning, urging residents to take shelter immediately and prepare for an onslaught of large hail as a severe storm makes its way through the area.

"Seek shelter now inside a sturdy structure and stay away from the windows," the agency advised in the warning, which was issued at 7:23 p.m.

The warning applies the towns of Burnsville, Savage, Shakopee, Lakeville, Apple Valley, Bloomington, Eden Prairie, Edina, Hopkins, Richfield, Prior Lake, Jordan, Marystown, and Credit River.

At 8:19 p.m. the agency extended the severe storm warning until 9 p.m. for southwest Dakota County. The storm could potentially produce half-dollar sized hail and high winds. It is currently over Farmington, moving about 15 miles an hour to the northeast.