| Event | Special Weather Statement |
| Severity | Moderate |
| Urgency | Expected |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Le Sueur; Rice; Blue Earth; Waseca; Steele |
| Effective | 8/9/2026, 6:23:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/9/2026, 7:30:00 AM CDT |
Special Weather Statement issued August 9 at 6:23AM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Details
At 623 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from near Montgomery to near Eagle Lake, or
extending from 17 miles northwest of Faribault to near Mankato,
moving east at 35 mph.
HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 30 mph and half inch 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…
Faribault, Northfield, Waseca, Lonsdale, Montgomery, Janesville,
Waterville, Dundas, Medford, Madison Lake, Morristown, Elysian,
Warsaw, Nerstrand, Bridgewater, Clinton Falls and Kilkenny.
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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