041  
WWUS83 KMPX 160859  
SPSMPX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
359 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
 
MNZ064-065-073-074-160930-  
BROWN MN-RENVILLE MN-YELLOW MEDICINE MN-REDWOOD MN-  
359 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
   
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN BROWN  
 
REDWOOD...WESTERN RENVILLE AND SOUTHEASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES  
UNTIL 430 AM CDT...  
 
AT 359 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM OVER GRANITE FALLS TO 9 MILES NORTH OF  
WALNUT GROVE, OR EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEVIDEO TO  
20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL 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...  
REDWOOD FALLS, GRANITE FALLS, OLIVIA, SPRINGFIELD, RENVILLE, BIRD  
ISLAND, MORGAN, WALNUT GROVE, LAMBERTON, WABASSO, SACRED HEART,  
FRANKLIN, WOOD LAKE, MORTON, COMFREY, ECHO, DANUBE, MINNESOTA  
FALLS, BELVIEW AND SANBORN.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD  
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED  
ROADWAYS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4462 9560 4482 9555 4482 9554 4480 9554  
4479 9550 4477 9553 4477 9550 4475 9549  
4475 9548 4489 9548 4489 9497 4484 9494  
4449 9482 4411 9483 4411 9510 4420 9510  
4420 9559 4454 9559 4454 9560  
TIME...MOT...LOC 0859Z 231DEG 48KT 4482 9549 4458 9541 4435 9540  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH  
 
 
 
JRB  
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