948  
WWUS83 KMPX 232041  
SPSMPX  
 
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN  
341 PM CDT THU APR 23 2026  
 
MNZ044-049>051-059-232130-  
STEARNS MN-BENTON MN-WRIGHT MN-SHERBURNE MN-MILLE LACS MN-  
341 PM CDT THU APR 23 2026  
   
..A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTH CENTRAL MILLE LACS  
 
SOUTHEASTERN BENTON...SHERBURNE...SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS AND  
NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES UNTIL 430 PM CDT...  
 
AT 341 PM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER  
ANNANDALE, OR 13 MILES WEST OF BUFFALO, MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.  
 
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND PENNY 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...  
FRENCH LAKE, SOUTH HAVEN, ANNANDALE, MAPLE LAKE, LAKE MARIA STATE  
PARK, SILVER CREEK, HASTY, ENFIELD, MONTICELLO, CLEARWATER, ST.  
CLOUD, CLEAR LAKE, BECKER, BIG LAKE, ORROCK, SANTIAGO, ZIMMERMAN,  
GLENDORADO AND PRINCETON.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND BE ALERT FOR THREATENING  
WEATHER CONDITIONS.  
 
 
 
LAT...LON 4528 9426 4567 9408 4558 9351 4555 9351  
4510 9407 4516 9426  
TIME...MOT...LOC 2041Z 211DEG 33KT 4525 9411  
 
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN  
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH  
 
 
 
CTG  
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