⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Renville; McLeod; Sibley; Scott; Redwood; Brown; Nicollet; Le Sueur – Sunday, August 9, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 9 at 5:38AM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

Details

At 538 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from over Arlington to near Springfield, or
extending from 23 miles southeast of Hutchinson to 20 miles southeast
of Redwood Falls, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD…Penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include…
New Ulm, St. Peter, New Prague, Belle Plaine, Le Sueur, Sleepy Eye,
Le Center, Gaylord, Arlington, Winthrop, Nicollet, Henderson,
Gibbon, Kasota, Courtland, Green Isle, Lafayette, Cleveland and
Helena.

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.