Expires:202507050300;Remove:202507050300;892542 WWUS83 KMPX 050152 SPSMPX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 852 PM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 MNZ041-042-048-049-054>057-050300- Chippewa MN-Kandiyohi MN-Stearns MN-Lac Qui Parle MN-Todd MN- Swift MN-Pope MN-Douglas MN- 852 PM CDT Fri Jul 4 2025 ...A SCATTERED LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN LAC QUI PARLE...NORTHERN CHIPPEWA...NORTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI...DOUGLAS... POPE...SWIFT...TODD AND NORTHWESTERN STEARNS COUNTIES UNTIL 10 PM CDT... At 852 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong thunderstorms extending from 8 miles north of Hewitt to over Dawson, moving northeast at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and cloud-to-ground lightning. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Alexandria, Montevideo, Sauk Centre, Long Prairie, Benson, Staples, Glenwood, Dawson, Starbuck, Browerville, Kerkhoven, Brooten, Clarissa, Eagle Bend, Carlos, Bertha, Brandon, Milan, Lowry and Murdock. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. Cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded roadways. && LAT...LON 4487 9611 4541 9578 4541 9575 4546 9575 4567 9561 4611 9559 4611 9515 4632 9515 4637 9516 4635 9471 4617 9478 4572 9488 4534 9515 4506 9527 TIME...MOT...LOC 0151Z 246DEG 27KT 4643 9505 4597 9547 4560 9555 4490 9602 MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH $$ MPG