238  
WWUS83 KMPX 172219  
SPSMPX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
519 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
MNZ084-085-092-093-172245-  
FARIBAULT MN-WASECA MN-STEELE MN-FREEBORN MN-  
519 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
   
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHERN WASECA  
 
WESTERN STEELE...NORTHEASTERN FARIBAULT AND NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN  
COUNTIES UNTIL 545 PM CDT...  
 
AT 519 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR WARSAW TO OVER MINNESOTA LAKE, OR  
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF FARIBAULT TO 24 MILES NORTHWEST  
OF ALBERT LEA, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PEA 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.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
OWATONNA, WASECA, WELLS, MEDFORD, NEW RICHLAND, MINNESOTA LAKE,  
HARTLAND, FREEBORN, WALDORF, EASTON, OTISCO, LEMOND, CLINTON  
FALLS, HOPE, DEERFIELD, MATAWAN AND OWATONNA AIRPORT.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4375 9393 4385 9382 4385 9377 4389 9377  
4420 9340 4420 9313 4407 9319 4374 9345  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 267DEG 27KT 4419 9339 4405 9351 4383 9377  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
DYE  
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