SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN LACROSSE

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE AREA...

AT 1155 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE
SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

AT ITS CURRENT SPEED THIS STORM WILL BEGIN TO AFFECT WABASHA AND
BUFFALO COUNTIES...NORTHERN OLMSTED AND NORTHERN WINONA COUNTIES BETWEEN 1
PM AND 130 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING ONE INCH HAIL AND DAMAGING
WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 PM TUESDAY
AFTERNOON FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.

BE ALERT FOR STORMS THAT MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. MOVE INDOORS AND
AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A WARNING IS ISSUED.

PREPARE NOW FOR POSSIBLE STRONG TO DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS.
MOVE INDOORS AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS IF A WARNING IS ISSUED