674  
WUUS53 KARX 171843  
SVRARX  
MNC039-109-171930-  
/O.NEW.KARX.SV.W.0049.260417T1843Z-260417T1930Z/  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
143 PM CDT FRI APR 17 2026  
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A  
 
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...  
CENTRAL OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...  
SOUTHEASTERN DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA...  
 
* UNTIL 230 PM CDT.  
 
* AT 143 PM CDT, A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HAYFIELD, OR  
9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DODGE CENTER, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. QUARTER SIZED HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED  
WITH THIS STORM.  
 
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT  
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES.  
 
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
BYRON AROUND 150 PM CDT.  
ROCHESTER AROUND 155 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE RINGE,  
OSLO, PREDMORE, POTSDAM, COUNTY ROADS 3 AND 108, COUNTY ROADS 6 AND  
15, AND SALEM CORNERS.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 207 AND  
224.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
REMAIN ALERT FOR A POSSIBLE TORNADO! TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP QUICKLY  
FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. IF YOU SPOT A TORNADO GO AT ONCE INTO THE  
BASEMENT OR SMALL CENTRAL ROOM IN A STURDY STRUCTURE.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR SOUTHEASTERN  
MINNESOTA.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4400 9280 4419 9232 4411 9232 4411 9228  
4387 9221 4385 9269 4385 9282 4386 9282  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1843Z 243DEG 38KT 4393 9273  
 
TORNADO...POSSIBLE  
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN  
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH  
 

 
 
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