Grand Rapids, MN Severe Weather Alertstar_ratehome

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN ITASCA...NORTHERN AITKIN...EAST CENTRAL CASS AND
SOUTHWESTERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES...

At 1146 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Deer River to near Schoolcraft State Park to near
Longville, moving east at 40 mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to
roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
Cohasset, Deer River, Remer, Zemple, Pokegama Dam, Pokegama Lake,
Grand Rapids, Coleraine, Taconite, Gunn, Hill City, Swatara, Warba
and Jacobson.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

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HAIL THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.00 IN;
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED;
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 651, PREVIOUSLY IN EFFECT UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT, IS NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT FRIDAY FOR
THE FOLLOWING AREAS

IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 4 COUNTIES

IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

AITKIN                CROW WING

IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

CASS                  ITASCA

THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF AITKIN, BRAINERD, CASS LAKE,
EAST GULL LAKE, ESTERDY, GRAND RAPIDS, LAKE SHORE, PINE RIVER,
SCHLEY, AND WALKER. THIS ALSO INCLUDES THE TRIBAL LANDS OF THE
BOIS FORTE BAND, DEER CREEK AREA AND THE MILLE LACS BAND, EAST
LAKE AND, BIG SANDY LAKE AREAS.