Communities in Michigan were recovering after powerful overnight storms damaged two ice arenas, flooded streets and uprooted trees.

Video from Green Bay TV station WBAY shows sturgeon swimming in a flooded parking lot in Outagamie County, in central Wisconsin after torrential rainstorms drenched the state.

Rounds of thunderstorms producing heavy rain are swelling rivers across the Midwest, prompting warnings of possible evacuations in Green Bay, Wis.

After a foggy start Friday, potentially severe storms are in the forecast for Friday evening.

Southeast Wisconsin is anticipating another round of severe weather Friday following storms that brought wind, rain, hail, flash floods and, in some areas, tornadoes earlier this week. Follow the latest updates below.

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Dangerous storms could produce intense tornadoes in southeast Minnesota, central and eastern Iowa, southern Wisconsin, and northwestern Illinois on Friday afternoon — and a tornado watch has been issued to reflect that possibility. The watch, which was issued at 12:40 p.m., is in effect until 8 p.m. CT.

High winds tore down trees and twisted power lines. Baseball-sized hail shattered windshields. Surveyors confirmed two tornadoes.

The Wisconsin Union's party celebrating the return of the Memorial Union Terrace chairs will begin earlier than originally scheduled because of the threat of severe weather.

Severe thunderstorms tore across parts of the Midwest, producing multiple tornadoes and unleashing destructive hail and damaging wind.