UPDATED: Severe Thunderstorm Warning No Longer In Effect

UPDATED: 2:20 p.m.

The severe thunderstorm warning is no longer in effect for Rice County.

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The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm warning effective until 2:15 p.m.

Hail as large as 1 inch in diameter has been reported throughout the area.

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THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... EAST CENTRAL RICE COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 215 PM CDT * AT 128 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR NERSTRAND...OR ABOUT 8 MILES EAST OF FARIBAULT...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE... RED WING... NERSTRAND... DENNISON... STANTON... WASTEDO... HADER... CANNON FALLS... GOODHUE... WELCH... BELLECHESTER...

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.