794  
WWUS83 KMPX 172020  
SPSMPX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
320 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
MNZ050-051-172100-  
SHERBURNE MN-BENTON MN-  
320 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT EASTERN BENTON AND NORTHWESTERN  
SHERBURNE COUNTIES UNTIL 4 PM CDT...  
 
AT 320 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
CLEAR LAKE, OR 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. CLOUD, MOVING NORTHEAST AT  
35 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND PENNY SIZE HAIL.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR DAMAGE TO OUTDOOR OBJECTS IS POSSIBLE.  
 
THE STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...  
CLEAR LAKE, ST. CLOUD AND CLEARWATER AROUND 320 PM CDT.  
FOLEY AROUND 345 PM CDT.  
 
OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE ST  
CLOUD AIRPORT, DUELM, PARENT, RONNEBY AND OAK PARK.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4581 9391 4574 9376 4556 9376 4539 9398  
4540 9399 4540 9400 4539 9401 4540 9401  
4540 9402 4542 9405 4543 9405 4543 9406  
4544 9407 4544 9408 4545 9408 4545 9410  
4547 9410 4548 9411 4549 9414 4551 9414  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2020Z 213DEG 30KT 4546 9405  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
MPG  
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