MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - A "severe solar storm" set the stage for a visual Northern Lights display in Minnesota late Friday.
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) forecast a G4 geomagnetic storm from late Friday into early Saturday morning. A G5 is the highest level on the storm scale.
This was the first G4 watch issued since 2005, NOAA said in a call with the media on Friday.
Scroll through the photo gallery above to see submitted photos from lights seen throughout Minnesota.
The National Weather Service for the Twin Cities calls the solar activity "one of the strongest solar storms we've seen in a decade."