SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LA CROSSE HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  DODGE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  OLMSTED COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
  WESTERN WABASHA COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT

* AT 1145 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ROUGHLY ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM CANNON
  FALLS TO CLAREMONT TO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CLAREMONT...MOVING EAST
  AT 45 MPH. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  WEST CONCORD AND CLAREMONT AROUND 1155 PM...
  DODGE CENTER AROUND 1205 AM...
  MANTORVILLE AND KASSON AROUND 1210 AM...
  HAYFIELD AROUND 1215 AM...
  ORONOCO AND MAZEPPA AROUND 1220 AM...
  ROCHESTER AROUND 1230 AM...
  LAKE CITY AROUND 1235 AM...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR
DAMAGING WINDS. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.