119  
WWUS83 KMPX 161115  
SPSMPX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
615 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
 
MNZ067-074-075-082-083-161145-  
WATONWAN MN-BROWN MN-BLUE EARTH MN-SIBLEY MN-NICOLLET MN-  
615 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
   
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT BROWN...NICOLLET  
 
SIBLEY...NORTHWESTERN BLUE EARTH AND NORTHERN WATONWAN COUNTIES  
UNTIL 645 AM CDT...  
 
AT 615 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF COSMOS TO 6 MILES  
SOUTHWEST OF HANSKA, OR EXTENDING FROM 12 MILES NORTHWEST OF  
HUTCHINSON TO 17 MILES SOUTH OF NEW ULM, MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
NEW ULM, ST. JAMES, SLEEPY EYE, LAKE CRYSTAL, MADELIA, GAYLORD,  
WINTHROP, NICOLLET, GIBBON, COURTLAND, BUTTERFIELD, LAFAYETTE,  
HANSKA, COMFREY, GARDEN CITY, JUDSON, NEW AUBURN, NEW SWEDEN,  
DARFUR AND LA SALLE.  
 
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 4411 9495 4428 9490 4428 9487 4450 9487  
4448 9481 4447 9481 4446 9479 4446 9462  
4472 9463 4472 9450 4463 9450 4463 9425  
4472 9425 4472 9412 4429 9411 4397 9411  
4396 9486 4411 9486  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1114Z 267DEG 52KT 4499 9458 4429 9452 4408 9457  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
JRB  
CLICK HERE TO GO TO PREVIOUS BULLETINS.
The Nexlab MN Page
The Nexlab WI Page
Main Text Page