Headline:
Special Weather Statement issued August 29 at 5:50AM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Event:
Special Weather Statement
Urgency:
Expected
Effective:
August 29, 2026 - 3:50am
Expires:
August 29, 2026 - 4:30am
Description:
At 550 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a shower over Butterfield,
Comfrey, Darfur, Odin, Sanborn, Ormsby, Sveadahl, Springfield,
Trimont, Echols, Sherburn, Foxlake, Lamberton, St. James, Dunnell,
Wanda, Revere, Welcome, St James Airport, South Branch, La Salle,
Grogan, Ceylon, Walnut Grove, Wilbert, Lewisville, Truman, Northrop,
Fairmont, Fairmont Airport, Granada, and Imogene, moving east at 30
mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph.
SOURCE...Wind gusts of 40 to 50 mph were occurring as the rain was
ending.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects.
Locations impacted include...
St. James, Sleepy Eye, Madelia, Springfield, Walnut Grove,
Lamberton, Wabasso, Butterfield, Hanska, Comfrey, Lewisville,
Sanborn, South Branch, Clements, Darfur, Odin, Revere, La Salle,
Wanda and Cobden.
Instruction:
Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.
Area Description:
Redwood; Brown; Watonwan
Forcast Office:
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Sender:
w-nws.webmaster@noaa.gov