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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
559 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

MNZ083>085-092-093-302345-
Steele MN-Waseca MN-Blue Earth MN-Freeborn MN-Faribault MN-
559 PM CDT Tue Apr 30 2024

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN FREEBORN...
FARIBAULT...SOUTHWESTERN STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH AND WASECA
COUNTIES THROUGH 645 PM CDT...

At 558 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong
thunderstorms over Delavan, or 25 miles east of Fairmont, moving
northeast at 50 mph.

HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
         unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is
         possible.

Locations impacted include...
Blue Earth, Wells, New Richland, Ellendale, Minnesota Lake, Bricelyn,
Hartland, Freeborn, Pemberton, Waldorf, Easton, and Frost.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 between mile markers 27 and 28.
 Interstate 90 between mile markers 117 and 143.
 U.S. Highway 14 between mile markers 149 and 153, and between mile
markers 156 and 158.
 U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 7 and 17.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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LAT...LON 4369 9420 4414 9366 4388 9326 4350 9392
      4350 9397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2258Z 229DEG 43KT 4377 9398

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.25 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

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