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WWUS83 KMPX 160935
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
435 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
MNZ055-056-161000-
CHIPPEWA MN-SWIFT MN-
435 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT CHIPPEWA AND SWIFT
COUNTIES UNTIL 5 AM CDT...
AT 435 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR APPLETON TO OVER CLARA CITY, OR
EXTENDING FROM 24 MILES SOUTH OF MORRIS TO 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WILLMAR, 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, MILAN, MAYNARD, MURDOCK, WATSON, LAKE HASSEL, LAKE
OLIVER, CLONTARF, HAGEN, DE GRAFF, DANVERS, HOLLOWAY, BIG BEND
CITY, BENSON AIRPORT AND MONTEVIDEO AIRPORT.
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 4515 9604 4518 9610 4524 9610 4524 9612
4541 9612 4541 9574 4538 9546 4524 9525
4489 9525 4489 9548 4476 9549 4477 9553
4479 9550 4485 9561 4491 9568 4491 9572
4494 9574 4495 9580 4500 9583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0935Z 203DEG 28KT 4524 9600 4519 9559 4497 9533
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
JRB
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