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SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
146 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2025
MNC121-149-151-151915-
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POPE MN-STEVENS MN-SWIFT MN-
146 PM CDT THU MAY 15 2025
...TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT FOR
SOUTHWESTERN POPE, SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS AND NORTHEASTERN SWIFT
COUNTIES...
AT 146 PM CDT, A CONFIRMED TORNADO WAS LOCATED OVER LAKE HASSEL, OR
22 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MORRIS, MOVING NORTH AT 50 MPH.
HAZARD...DAMAGING TORNADO.
SOURCE...TWO TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTS CONFIRMED TORNADO WITH
DEBRIS WEST, NORTH, AND EAST OF BENSON.
IMPACT...FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE DAMAGED OR DESTROYED.
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS AND VEHICLES WILL OCCUR. TREE
DAMAGE IS LIKELY.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRIS, BENSON, STARBUCK, HANCOCK, KERKHOVEN, CYRUS, MURDOCK, LAKE
HASSEL, GILCHRIST, CLONTARF, DE GRAFF, LAKE EMILY, GLACIAL LAKES
STATE PARK, SWIFT FALLS, BENSON AIRPORT AND LAKE MINNEWASKA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A WELL-BUILT
BUILDING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS, IN A MOBILE HOME,
OR IN A VEHICLE, MOVE TO THE CLOSEST SUBSTANTIAL SHELTER AND PROTECT
YOURSELF FROM FLYING DEBRIS.
LAT...LON 4541 9588 4566 9590 4560 9530 4518 9530
4529 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 1837Z 172DEG 42KT 4529 9555
TORNADO...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...<1.00 IN
BED
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