| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Wright; Hennepin; Anoka; Ramsey; Washington; McLeod; Sibley; Carver; Scott; Dakota; Nicollet; Le Sueur; Rice; St. Croix; Pierce |
| Effective | 6/19/2026, 6:09:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 6/19/2026, 7:15:00 PM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued June 19 at 6:09PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Details
At 609 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of showers extending
from over Hugo to 6 miles northeast of Brownton, or extending from 19
miles north of St. Paul to 8 miles southeast of Hutchinson, moving
southeast at 30 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE…Radar indicated. An outflow boundary is evident moving
north-northwest to south-southeast that will produce a line
of gusty winds.
IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include…
Minneapolis, St. Paul, River Falls, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park,
Plymouth, Eagan, Woodbury, Maple Grove, Coon Rapids, Eden Prairie,
Burnsville, Blaine, Lakeville, Minnetonka, Apple Valley, Edina, St.
Louis Park and Maplewood.
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.
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