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Weather Alerts for North Cass Minnesota   (MNZ025)

icn  SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NORTH CASS MINNESOTA   (MNZ025)

Effective: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 06:12pm CDT Severity: Minor
Updated: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 06:12pm CDT Urgency: Expected
Expires: Mon, Sep 6, 2010 06:45pm CDT Certainty: Observed

Areas Affected: Aitkin; Beltrami; Carlton; Cass; Crow Wing; Hubbard; Itasca; Kanabec; Mille Lacs; Morrison; North Cass; Northern Aitkin; Pine; South Aitkin; South Cass; St. Louis; Todd; Wadena
 
Alert:
...STRONG STORMS HEADED FOR THE BRAINERD LAKES REGION...
AT 612 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 25 MILES WEST OF
ESTERDY TO 13 MILES SOUTH OF ERSKIN LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
MPH.
THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PEA SIZE HAIL...WIND GUSTS UP
TO 40 MPH...BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...
* THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
PINE CENTER AND LEADER BY 620 PM...
POPLAR AND LAKE SHORE BY 625 PM...
WOODROW AND NISSWA BY 630 PM...
TROMMALD AND RIVERTON BY 635 PM...
WOLFORD AND WEALTHWOOD BY 640 PM...
GLEN AND CROSSLAKE BY 645 PM...
GUSTY WINDS MAY CAUSE SMALL OBJECTS SUCH AS TRASH BINS TO BLOW
AROUND. SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY STRUCTURE UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE
PASSED.

 


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