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WWUS83 KMPX 152200
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
500 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2025
MNZ049-058-152230-
STEARNS MN-MEEKER MN-
500 PM CDT FRI AUG 15 2025
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN MEEKER AND SOUTH
CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTIES UNTIL 530 PM CDT...
AT 500 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 7
MILES SOUTHEAST OF PAYNESVILLE, OR 21 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR,
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 30 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...
PAYNESVILLE, FOREST CITY, MANANNAH AND LAKE KORONIS REGIONAL PARK.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING
WEATHER CONDITIONS.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4533 9476 4536 9476 4541 9446 4518 9444
4519 9475
TIME...MOT...LOC 2200Z 266DEG 16KT 4528 9465
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...30 MPH
NDC
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