588  
WWUS83 KARX 121014  
SPSARX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
514 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026  
 
MNZ087-088-094>096-121100-  
OLMSTED MN-FILLMORE MN-WINONA MN-MOWER MN-HOUSTON MN-  
514 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2026  
 
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH  
600 AM CDT...  
 
AT 514 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG  
A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR STEWARTVILLE TO LANESBORO TO NEAR  
RIDGEWAY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS  
POSSIBLE.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
ROCHESTER, CALEDONIA, PRESTON, STEWARTVILLE, ST. CHARLES, CHATFIELD,  
SPRING VALLEY, EYOTA, RUSHFORD, SPRING GROVE, GRAND MEADOW, HARMONY,  
HOUSTON, MABEL, LANESBORO, DOVER, WYKOFF, FOUNTAIN, CANTON, AND  
FILLMORE.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 194 AND  
249.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.  
 
THESE STORMS MAY INTENSIFY, SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO  
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION  
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4413 9243 4386 9146 4351 9145 4351 9208  
4367 9209 4371 9270  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1014Z 248DEG 35KT 4384 9239 4371 9200 4336 9200  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.50 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
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