Severe Thunderstorm Warning

Locations Affected

Medford, MN ∙ Waseca, MN ∙ Owatonna Degner Regional Airport, MN ∙ Warsaw, MN ∙ Hope, MN ∙ Owatonna, MN ∙ Morristown, MN

Full Alert Message

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED Severe Thunderstorm Warning National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 552 PM CDT Sat Jul 13 2024 The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Steele County in south central Minnesota... Northeastern Waseca County in south central Minnesota... South central Rice County in south central Minnesota... * Until 630 PM CDT. * At 552 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Morristown, or 11 miles southwest of Faribault, moving southeast at 20 mph. HAZARD...Quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. * Locations impacted include... Owatonna, Faribault, Waseca, Medford, Morristown, Warsaw, Lemond, Clinton Falls, Hope, Deerfield, and Owatonna Airport. This includes the following highways... Interstate 35 between mile markers 32 and 53. U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 160 and 181. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the basement or small central room in a sturdy structure. For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building. && LAT...LON 4388 9339 4418 9360 4420 9355 4420 9353 4421 9352 4429 9334 4404 9304 4404 9305 TIME...MOT...LOC 2252Z 326DEG 19KT 4417 9343 TORNADO...POSSIBLE HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED MAX WIND GUST...<50 MPH

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