500  
WWUS83 KMPX 172345  
SPSMPX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
645 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
MNZ092-093-180030-  
FARIBAULT MN-FREEBORN MN-  
645 PM CDT THU APR 17 2025  
 
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN FARIBAULT  
AND FREEBORN COUNTIES UNTIL 730 PM CDT...  
 
AT 645 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLARKS GROVE TO 7 MILES SOUTHEAST  
OF BRICELYN, OR EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALBERT LEA TO 23  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA, MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 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.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
BRICELYN, FREEBORN, WALTERS, ALDEN, HARTLAND, MANCHESTER, KIESTER,  
CONGER, MANSFIELD, ALBERT LEA, CLARKS GROVE, ALBERT LEA AIRPORT,  
GENEVA, HOLLANDALE, TWIN LAKES, HAYWARD, EMMONS, GLENVILLE, MYRTLE  
AND LONDON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4372 9365 4381 9355 4385 9332 4385 9305  
4350 9305 4350 9388  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2345Z 262DEG 26KT 4375 9327 4362 9344 4347 9375  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
MPG  
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