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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
401 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
MNZ054>056-065-160945-
CHIPPEWA MN-SWIFT MN-RENVILLE MN-LAC QUI PARLE MN-
401 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CENTRAL LAC QUI
PARLE...CHIPPEWA...SWIFT AND NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL
445 AM CDT...
AT 401 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR BELLINGHAM TO NEAR GRANITE FALLS,
OR EXTENDING FROM 30 MILES WEST OF MONTEVIDEO TO 18 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MONTEVIDEO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 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...
MONTEVIDEO, BENSON, GRANITE FALLS, APPLETON, CLARA CITY,
KERKHOVEN, SACRED HEART, MILAN, MAYNARD, MURDOCK, WATSON,
BELLINGHAM, LAKE OLIVER, MINNESOTA FALLS, CERRO GORDO, HAGEN, DE
GRAFF, DANVERS, HOLLOWAY AND NASSAU.
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 4536 9612 4530 9540 4521 9525 4489 9525
4489 9516 4470 9538 4477 9553 4479 9550
4490 9567 4491 9572 4494 9574 4489 9574
4489 9578 4503 9597 4505 9645 4508 9645
4525 9628 4523 9629 4518 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0901Z 213DEG 28KT 4508 9630 4495 9577 4477 9547
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JRB
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