⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Wabasha; Dodge; Olmsted; Winona – Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 4 at 5:53AM CDT by NWS La Crosse WI

Details

At 553 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms along a line extending from 8 miles south of Frontenac
to Rochester to near Dover to Preston. Movement was northeast at 35
mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.

Strong thunderstorms will be near…
Rochester, St. Charles, and Elgin around 600 AM CDT.
Plainview and Altura around 605 AM CDT.
Lewiston around 610 AM CDT.

Other locations impacted by these storms include South Troy, County
Roads 9 And 10, Potsdam, County Roads 28 And 31, Hidden Meadows R V
Park, Rock Dell, Utica, Rochester Airport, Kings Park, and Highway 30
And County 15.

This includes Interstate 90 in Minnesota between mile markers 206 and
242.

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