July 3, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Watch – Brown, MN; Chippewa, MN; Lac qui Parle, MN; Martin, MN; Redwood, MN; Renville, MN; Swift, MN; Watonwan, MN; Yellow Medicine, MN – Thursday, July 2, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Severity Severe
Urgency Future
Certainty Possible
Area Brown, MN; Chippewa, MN; Lac qui Parle, MN; Martin, MN; Redwood, MN; Renville, MN; Swift, MN; Watonwan, MN; Yellow Medicine, MN
Effective 7/2/2026, 6:08:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/3/2026, 2:00:00 AM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued July 2 at 6:08PM CDT until July 3 at 2:00AM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

Details

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
443 IN EFFECT UNTIL 2 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 9 COUNTIES

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

RENVILLE

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

BROWN MARTIN WATONWAN

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

REDWOOD

IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

CHIPPEWA LAC QUI PARLE SWIFT
YELLOW MEDICINE

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BENSON, FAIRMONT, GRANITE FALLS,
MADISON, MONTEVIDEO, NEW ULM, OLIVIA, REDWOOD FALLS,
AND ST JAMES.


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