| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Blue Earth; Faribault |
| Effective | 9/6/2026, 1:12:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 9/6/2026, 1:45:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued September 6 at 1:12PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Details
At 112 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Vernon Center, Amboy, Garden City, Good Thunder, Winnebago, Lake
Crystal, and Delavan, or 17 miles southwest of Mankato, and is
stationary.
HAZARD…Half inch size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated thunderstorms with heavy rain and small
hail.
IMPACT…Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.
Locations impacted include…
Lake Crystal, Winnebago, Good Thunder, Amboy, Vernon Center,
Delavan and Garden City.
Instructions
Monitor the weather situation closely and never drive through flood
waters.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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