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UPDATED: Severe Thunderstorm Warning Expires; Watch in Effect Until 11 p.m.
A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 11 p.m.
UPDATED: 8:30 p.m.
A severe thunderstorm warning for Rice County expired at 8:30 p.m. A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 11 p.m.
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UPDATE: 8 p.m.
A severe thunderstorm warning for Rice County has been extended until 8:30 p.m. The tornado warning has been canceled.
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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 830 PM CDT *
AT 728 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 NEAR WARSAW...OR ABOUT OVER FARIBAULT...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... FARIBAULT... WARSAW... DEERFIELD... MEDFORD... RUSKIN... NERSTRAND... DENNISON... KENYON... BOMBAY...
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.
DOPPLER RADAR HAS INDICATED SOME WEAK ROTATION WITHIN THIS STORM. WHILE NOT IMMEDIATELY LIKELY...A TORNADO MAY STILL DEVELOP. IF A TORNADO IS SPOTTED...ACT QUICKLY AND MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IN A STURDY STRUCTURE...SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR SMALL INTERIOR ROOM.
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A tornado warning has been issued for south central Rice County until 8 p.m.
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* TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... EXTREME NORTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 728 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR WARSAW...OR OVER WARSAW...AND MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. * LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... FARIBAULT... WARSAW... MORRISTOWN... DEERFIELD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
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A severe thunderstorm warning has been issued for southeastern Rice County until 7:45 p.m.
A severe thunderstorm watch is in effect until 11 p.m.
According to the National Weather Service:
* AT 656 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WATERVILLE...OR ABOUT 8 MILES NORTHWEST OF WASECA...AND MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... WASECA... WATERVILLE... MORRISTOWN... WARSAW... DEERFIELD... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH AND LARGE HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
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