THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTH CENTRAL COTTONWOOD COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
WESTERN JACKSON COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…
EAST CENTRAL NOBLES COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 735 PM CDT…NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE METEOROLOGISTS WERE
TRACKING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE
HAIL…AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THIS STORM WAS
LOCATED NEAR BREWSTER…OR 10 MILES EAST OF WORTHINGTON…AND
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
HERON LAKE AND LAKEFIELD AROUND 745 PM CDT…

OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE OKABENA
AND WILDER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MILES PER
HOUR…DESTRUCTIVE HAIL…DEADLY LIGHTNING…AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR
YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DO NOT DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.