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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
457 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
CHIPPEWA COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SWIFT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 600 AM CDT.
* AT 457 AM CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE FROM
7 MILES NORTHEAST OF BELLINGHAM TO 8 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HANLEY
FALLS, OR ALONG A LINE FROM 29 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO TO 24
MILES SOUTH OF MONTEVIDEO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...TRAINED SPOTTERS REPORTED WINDS OVER 60 MPH WITH THIS
STORM.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND
DAMAGE TO ROOFS, SIDING, AND TREES.
* LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLMAR, MONTEVIDEO, BENSON, GRANITE FALLS, APPLETON, CLARA CITY,
RAYMOND, KERKHOVEN, PRINSBURG, MILAN, MAYNARD, MURDOCK, WATSON,
LAKE HASSEL, LAKE OLIVER, PENNOCK, CLONTARF, BLOMKEST, HAGEN AND
DE GRAFF.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER INSIDE A WELL-BUILT STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND ARE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4538 9612 4541 9604 4541 9526 4508 9495
4489 9490 4489 9548 4475 9549 4477 9553
4479 9550 4491 9568 4491 9572 4494 9574
4495 9580 4500 9583 4515 9604 4518 9610
TIME...MOT...LOC 0956Z 242DEG 46KT 4521 9618 4483 9579 4460 9574
HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN
WIND THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH
JRB
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