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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
552 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
MEEKER COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 645 AM CDT.
* AT 552 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
5 MILES SOUTH OF WAITE PARK TO OVER HOWARD LAKE, OR ALONG A LINE
FROM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. CLOUD TO 14 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
BUFFALO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. CLOUD, BUFFALO, RAMSEY, ELK RIVER, ST. MICHAEL, OTSEGO, SAUK
RAPIDS, MONTICELLO, BIG LAKE, ST. FRANCIS, ALBERTVILLE,
LITCHFIELD, WAITE PARK, ST. JOSEPH, ZIMMERMAN, PRINCETON, BECKER,
ROCKFORD, COLD SPRING AND ANNANDALE.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND
LARGE HAIL.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4536 9476 4559 9417 4556 9415 4556 9351
4525 9351 4522 9353 4521 9364 4519 9366
4516 9364 4514 9370 4508 9374 4498 9408
4498 9450 4489 9450 4489 9476
TIME...MOT...LOC 1052Z 240DEG 45KT 4545 9424 4523 9401 4503 9406
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
JRB
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