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⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Brown; Watonwan – Thursday, July 2, 2026

Event Special Weather Statement
Severity Moderate
Urgency Expected
Certainty Observed
Area Brown; Watonwan
Effective 7/2/2026, 9:42:00 PM CDT
Expires 7/2/2026, 10:30:00 PM CDT

Special Weather Statement issued July 2 at 9:42PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

Details

At 942 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm 7
miles south of Comfrey, or 29 miles southwest of New Ulm, moving east
at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Comfrey, Darfur, Butterfield, Sveadahl, Echols, St. James, La
Salle, St James Airport, Grogan, Hanska, Lewisville, Madelia and
Searles.

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.