260  
WWUS53 KARX 180402  
SVSARX  
 
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE LA CROSSE WI  
1102 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
MNC099-180415-  
/O.CON.KARX.SV.W.0071.000000T0000Z-260518T0415Z/  
MOWER MN-  
1102 PM CDT SUN MAY 17 2026  
 
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1115 PM CDT  
FOR MOWER COUNTY...  
 
AT 1101 PM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE  
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES EAST OF MEDFORD TO NEAR GRAND MEADOW TO NEAR  
RICEVILLE, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS.  
 
SOURCE...AWOS. AT 1058 PM, THE AUSTIN AIRPORT REPORTED A 61 MPH WIND  
GUST.  
 
IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.  
 
THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...  
GRAND MEADOW AND LE ROY AROUND 1105 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE  
SARGEANT, COUNTY ROADS 1 AND 7, MAPLEVIEW, LANSING, BROOKSIDE  
CAMPGROUND, MAYVILLE, AND ELKTON.  
 
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 175 AND  
204.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR NORTHEASTERN  
IOWA...AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA.  
 
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A  
BUILDING.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4385 9305 4385 9269 4383 9269 4383 9245  
4350 9245 4350 9255 4362 9255 4361 9305  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0401Z 231DEG 52KT 4416 9312 4372 9266 4331 9264  
 
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED  
MAX HAIL SIZE...<.75 IN  
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED  
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH  
 
 
 
FALKINHAM  
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