Special Weather Statement
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
Issued by NWS Twin Cities, MN
283 WWUS83 KMPX 151117 SPSMPX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 617 AM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024 MNZ047-048-055-056-151200- Chippewa MN-Stevens MN-Pope MN-Swift MN- 617 AM CDT Mon Jul 15 2024 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHWESTERN POPE...NORTH CENTRAL CHIPPEWA...SOUTHEASTERN STEVENS AND SWIFT COUNTIES THROUGH 700 AM CDT... At 617 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms 6 miles north of Lake Oliver, or 11 miles south of Morris, moving southeast at 45 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and pea size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Benson, Hancock, Lake Hassel, Lake Oliver, Clontarf, Hagen, De Graff, Danvers, Holloway, Benson Airport, Swift Falls, and Big Bend City. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 24 and 51. U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 141 and 162. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. && LAT...LON 4545 9616 4556 9595 4538 9530 4502 9572 TIME...MOT...LOC 1117Z 307DEG 37KT 4543 9599 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH $$ CTG