Storm Warnings Metro Area

Update 5:00 PM. Severe storm warnings in effect for parts of the metro: hardest hit western, northern, and far southeastern metro, from Hudson to River Falls, WI. The main risk: large hail, 1"+ diameter, quarter-size, and winds gusting over 65 mph at times. Storms will quickly taper after 8 or 9 pm as the atmosphere becomes more stable.

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 436 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EAST
BETHEL...OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF CAMBRIDGE...AND MOVING EAST AT
15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL OTHERWISE REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL
AREAS OF THE INDICATED COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN LE SUEUR COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 545 PM CDT

* AT 454 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF ARLINGTON...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF ST PETER...AND
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
NORSELAND...
HENDERSON...
LE SUEUR...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.