Hail & High Water!!

(Update: 11:15 pm. Reports of golf ball to half dollar size hail and wind gusts to 60 mph moving into the southwest metro - don't hesitate to take cover!)

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1039 PM CDT SUN AUG 2 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1145 PM CDT

* AT 1038 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING LARGE DAMAGING HAIL UP TO GOLF BALL SIZE AND DAMAGING
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 6 MILES NORTHWEST
OF HAMBURG...OR ABOUT 17 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...AND MOVING
EAST AT 15 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
NEW GERMANY...
HAMBURG...
NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA...
MAYER...
WACONIA...
COLOGNE...
CARVER...
VICTORIA...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS IS A DANGEROUS SITUATION. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...WHICH CAN
SIGNIFICANTLY DAMAGE WINDOWS...SIDING AND VEHICLES. DAMAGING WINDS
ARE ALSO EXPECTED...WHICH WILL UPROOT TREES AND DOWN POWER LINES.
SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

REPORT ANY SIGNIFICANT WIND OR HAIL DAMAGE TO THE NEAREST LAW
ENFORCEMENT AGENCY...FOR RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT MONDAY
MORNING FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.