⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Redwood; Brown; Watonwan – Saturday, August 29, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 29 at 5:50AM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

Details

At 550 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a shower over Butterfield,
Comfrey, Darfur, Odin, Sanborn, Ormsby, Sveadahl, Springfield,
Trimont, Echols, Sherburn, Foxlake, Lamberton, St. James, Dunnell,
Wanda, Revere, Welcome, St James Airport, South Branch, La Salle,
Grogan, Ceylon, Walnut Grove, Wilbert, Lewisville, Truman, Northrop,
Fairmont, Fairmont Airport, Granada, and Imogene, moving east at 30
mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.

SOURCE…Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were occurring as the rain was
ending.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Locations impacted include…
St. James, Sleepy Eye, Madelia, Springfield, Walnut Grove,
Lamberton, Wabasso, Butterfield, Hanska, Comfrey, Lewisville,
Sanborn, South Branch, Clements, Darfur, Odin, Revere, La Salle,
Wanda and Cobden.

Instructions

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.