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Special Weather Statement
Issued: 9:22 PM Jun. 19, 2026 – National Weather Service
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT NORTHERN HENNEPIN AND SOUTH CENTRAL ANOKA COUNTIES UNTIL 515 PM CDT... At 422 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Corcoran, or 11 miles east of Buffalo, moving east at 30 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Minneapolis, Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Coon Rapids, Blaine, Brooklyn Center, Fridley, Champlin, Golden Valley, Columbia Heights, Rogers, St. Anthony, Spring Lake Park, Corcoran, Medina and Rockford. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening weather conditions. && MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN; MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Issued: 7:01 PM Jun. 19, 2026 – National Weather Service
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 355 IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA BENTON KANDIYOHI MCLEOD MEEKER MORRISON SHERBURNE STEARNS TODD WRIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ANOKA CARVER CHISAGO DAKOTA HENNEPIN ISANTI KANABEC MILLE LACS RAMSEY SCOTT WASHINGTON IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA GOODHUE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA DOUGLAS POPE IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN BARRON POLK IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN DUNN PEPIN PIERCE ST. CROIX THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BLAINE, CAMBRIDGE, CENTER CITY, CHANHASSEN, CHASKA, DURAND, ELK RIVER, GLENWOOD, HASTINGS, HUDSON, HUTCHINSON, LITCHFIELD, LITTLE FALLS, LONG PRAIRIE, MENOMONIE, MINNEAPOLIS, MONTICELLO, MORA, OSCEOLA, PRINCETON, RED WING, RICE LAKE, RIVER FALLS, SAUK RAPIDS, SHAKOPEE, ST CLOUD, ST PAUL, STILLWATER, VICTORIA, AND WILLMAR.
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