⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Brown; Nicollet; Watonwan; Blue Earth; Martin; Faribault – Sunday, August 9, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 9 at 5:12AM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

Details

At 512 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 7 miles west of Hanska to near Truman,
or extending from 14 miles southwest of New Ulm to 9 miles north of
Fairmont, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD…Penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible.

Locations impacted include…
Mankato, Fairmont, North Mankato, St. James, Blue Earth, Lake
Crystal, Eagle Lake, Madelia, Mapleton, Winnebago, Truman, Madison
Lake, St. Clair, Minnesota Lake, Welcome, Good Thunder, Amboy,
Hanska, Vernon Center and Lewisville.

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.