824  
WWUS83 KMPX 161147  
SPSMPX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
647 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
 
MNZ067-075-076-083-084-161230-  
BLUE EARTH MN-SIBLEY MN-WASECA MN-NICOLLET MN-LE SUEUR MN-  
647 AM CDT SAT AUG 16 2025  
   
..A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT WESTERN WASECA
 
 
NICOLLET...SOUTHEASTERN SIBLEY...LE SUEUR AND BLUE EARTH COUNTIES  
UNTIL 730 AM CDT...  
 
AT 647 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG  
THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES WEST OF HENDERSON TO OVER  
VERNON CENTER, OR EXTENDING FROM 23 MILES NORTH OF MANKATO TO 14  
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANKATO, MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY RAIN.  
 
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.  
 
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND  
UNSECURED OBJECTS.  
 
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...  
MANKATO, NORTH MANKATO, ST. PETER, NEW PRAGUE, LE SUEUR,  
MONTGOMERY, LAKE CRYSTAL, LE CENTER, EAGLE LAKE, GAYLORD,  
JANESVILLE, WATERVILLE, MAPLETON, NICOLLET, MADISON LAKE,  
HENDERSON, ST. CLAIR, KASOTA, ELYSIAN AND COURTLAND.  
 
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 4389 9436 4423 9435 4458 9429 4456 9389  
4456 9390 4455 9389 4455 9391 4454 9391  
4454 9353 4420 9354 4388 9367  
TIME...MOT...LOC 1147Z 269DEG 41KT 4450 9401 4422 9407 4399 9413  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 

 
 
JRB  
 
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