Hail Map for Watkins, MN

Date / Time	Report Details
8/29/2024 3:20 PM CDT	At 320 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles east of camp ripley to 5 miles north of collegeville to near st. cloud, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, st. cloud, little falls, sartell, sauk rapids, waite park, st. Joseph, cold spring, collegeville, rockville, clearwater, richmond, and avon.
8/29/2024 2:54 PM CDT	Svrmpx the national weather service in the twin cities has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern meeker county in central minnesota, western benton county in central minnesota, northwestern sherburne county in central minnesota, eastern stearns county in central minnesota, morrison county in central minnesota, * until 345 pm cdt. * at 253 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near flensburg to near richmond to near watkins, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
8/3/2024 9:36 PM CDT	The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however, small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for central minnesota.
8/3/2024 9:22 PM CDT	the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect
8/3/2024 9:22 PM CDT	At 921 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near grove city, or 19 miles east of willmar, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, litchfield, new london, spicer, atwater, grove city, green lake, forest city, manannah, kandiyohi, darwin, litchfield airport, and lake koronis regional park.
8/3/2024 9:12 PM CDT	At 912 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of paynesville, or 20 miles northeast of willmar, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, litchfield, paynesville, new london, spicer, atwater, watkins, grove city, green lake, forest city, manannah, kandiyohi, and darwin.
8/3/2024 8:48 PM CDT	Svrmpx the national weather service in the twin cities has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, meeker county in central minnesota, southwestern stearns county in central minnesota, northeastern kandiyohi county in central minnesota, * until 945 pm cdt. * at 848 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near paynesville, or 25 miles northeast of willmar, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
7/27/2023 3:57 PM CDT	At 357 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over paynesville, or 24 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, richmond around 415 pm cdt. cold spring around 420 pm cdt. watkins around 425 pm cdt. rockville around 430 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include manannah, paynesville airport, st nicholas, roscoe and st. martin. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/27/2023 3:48 PM CDT	At 347 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near paynesville, or 22 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, paynesville around 355 pm cdt. richmond around 415 pm cdt. cold spring around 420 pm cdt. watkins around 425 pm cdt. rockville around 430 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include paynesville airport, lake henry, manannah, lake koronis regional park, st nicholas, roscoe, regal, st. martin and spring hill. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/25/2023 11:50 PM CDT	At 1149 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near annandale, or 17 miles west of buffalo, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northern meeker and southeastern stearns counties, including the following locations, darwin, forest city, st nicholas and litchfield airport.
7/25/2023 11:36 PM CDT	At 1136 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 23 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 55 mph. this is a destructive storm (law enforcement). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, kimball. thunderstorm damage threat, destructive hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 80 mph.
7/25/2023 11:20 PM CDT	At 1120 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of paynesville, or 18 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 55 mph. this is a destructive storm for (law enforcement). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 1140 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include kimball. thunderstorm damage threat, destructive hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 80 mph.
7/25/2023 11:05 PM CDT	At 1104 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near new london, or 14 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, paynesville around 1115 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include watkins and kimball. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/24/2023 3:58 PM CDT	At 358 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near cold spring, or 14 miles west of st. cloud, moving south at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, cold spring around 410 pm cdt. rockville around 415 pm cdt. watkins around 445 pm cdt. kimball around 450 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include fairhaven, st nicholas and pleasant lake. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/19/2023 5:30 PM CDT	At 529 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over watkins, or 18 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving southeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters reported 74 mph gust near richmond). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. this severe thunderstorm will be near, annandale around 545 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include maple lake, buffalo and montrose. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 70 mph.
7/19/2023 5:26 PM CDT	At 526 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of watkins, or 22 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, paynesville, watkins, manannah, roscoe, paynesville airport, st nicholas and lake koronis regional park. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/19/2023 5:17 PM CDT	At 517 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over paynesville, or 23 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, watkins. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/19/2023 5:02 PM CDT	At 502 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near belgrade, or 21 miles north of willmar, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, paynesville around 515 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include watkins. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/13/2023 8:32 PM CDT	At 832 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of watkins, or 22 miles north of hutchinson, moving southeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, dassel. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/13/2023 8:13 PM CDT	At 813 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near paynesville, or 20 miles northeast of willmar, moving southeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 825 pm cdt. litchfield around 830 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include dassel. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
7/13/2023 7:07 PM CDT	At 707 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of watkins, or 23 miles north of hutchinson, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, dassel.
7/13/2023 6:57 PM CDT	At 657 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of watkins, or 25 miles northeast of willmar, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 705 pm cdt. litchfield around 710 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include dassel. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/28/2022 9:38 PM CDT	At 938 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles south of st. cloud to 5 miles north of kimball to watkins, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, st. cloud around 955 pm cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include clear lake, annandale, clearwater and becker.
8/28/2022 9:33 PM CDT	At 933 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near kimball, or 14 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and two inch hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern stearns county, including the following locations, fairhaven.
8/28/2022 9:25 PM CDT	At 925 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near watkins, or 16 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and two inch hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. Locations impacted include, kimball.

8/28/2022 9:14 PM CDT	At 914 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near richmond, or 18 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, watkins around 925 pm cdt. Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include kimball.
5/30/2022 4:14 AM CDT	At 414 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles west of brooten to near dassel, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, cokato and dassel around 420 am cdt. annandale around 430 am cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include sauk centre, clearwater, becker and clear lake. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.
5/30/2022 3:52 AM CDT	At 351 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles north of watson to near hector, moving northeast at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, hector around 355 am cdt. cosmos around 400 am cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include litchfield. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.
5/12/2022 7:54 PM CDT	At 753 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles south of motley to near camp ripley to 5 miles east of royalton to 5 miles south of clearwater, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of western wright, eastern meeker, western benton, northwestern sherburne, southern todd, eastern stearns and southwestern morrison counties, including the following locations, mayhew, sobieski, st augusta, opole, burtrum, pleasant lake, smith lake, clotho, darwin and little falls airport. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.
5/12/2022 7:45 PM CDT	At 744 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near montrose to green isle to near le sueur, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, buffalo around 750 pm cdt. delano around 755 pm cdt. belle plaine, rockford and cologne around 800 pm cdt. new prague, jordan, medina, independence and maple plain around 805 pm cdt. maple grove, st. michael, otsego, rogers and corcoran around 810 pm cdt. plymouth around 815 pm cdt. minneapolis, brooklyn park, shakopee, brooklyn center and savage around 820 pm cdt. coon rapids, burnsville, fridley, columbia heights and spring lake park around 825 pm cdt. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/12/2022 7:25 PM CDT	At 724 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near long prairie to near upsala to near avon to dassel, moving northeast at 75 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, waite park, st. joseph, collegeville, holdingford and upsala around 730 pm cdt. sartell, annandale, browerville and flensburg around 735 pm cdt. little falls, maple lake, royalton and rice around 740 pm cdt. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.
5/12/2022 7:08 PM CDT	At 707 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northeast of glenwood to 8 miles northeast of belgrade to near paynesville to 6 miles south of grove city, moving northeast at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, melrose around 715 pm cdt. st. anthony, freeport and lake osakis around 720 pm cdt. collegeville, albany, avon, watkins and grey eagle around 725 pm cdt. long prairie, kimball, holdingford, upsala and swanville around 730 pm cdt. rockville, browerville, clarissa, bowlus and flensburg around 735 pm cdt. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.
5/11/2022 8:26 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for western wright, northeastern meeker and southeastern stearns counties will expire at 830 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until midnight cdt for central minnesota.
5/11/2022 7:46 PM CDT	At 746 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near annandale, or 18 miles west of buffalo, moving northwest at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, kimball around 755 pm cdt. watkins around 800 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include cold spring, rockville, waite park, richmond, st. joseph and collegeville. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/11/2022 7:40 PM CDT	At 740 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 17 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, cold spring, rockville, richmond, watkins, kimball, roscoe and st nicholas. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/11/2022 7:30 PM CDT	At 729 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over watkins, or 21 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, rockville, cold spring and richmond. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/11/2022 7:20 PM CDT	At 720 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of kimball, or 22 miles north of hutchinson, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins and kimball around 730 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include cold spring, rockville and richmond. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/11/2022 3:26 PM CDT	At 326 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near kimball, or 14 miles south of st. cloud, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, clearwater and st. cloud. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/11/2022 3:03 PM CDT	At 303 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of litchfield, or 22 miles north of hutchinson, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 310 pm cdt. annandale and kimball around 320 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include clearwater and st. cloud. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/11/2022 12:03 PM CDT	At 1203 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near st. joseph, or 10 miles west of st. cloud, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, waite park and holdingford. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.
5/11/2022 11:44 AM CDT	At 1143 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 22 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe thunderstorm will be near, cold spring and richmond around 1155 am cdt. rockville around 1200 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include waite park, st. joseph, collegeville, avon and holdingford. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.
5/9/2022 8:50 AM CDT	At 849 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of kimball, or 13 miles south of st. cloud, moving northeast at 70 mph (law enforcement reported golf ball size hail in kimball at 843 am cdt). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, clearwater around 855 am cdt. st. cloud and clear lake around 900 am cdt. becker around 905 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include princeton and foreston. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, observed max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
5/9/2022 8:15 AM CDT	At 815 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of belgrade to 5 miles northwest of atwater to 5 miles southwest of dassel, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. severe thunderstorms will be near, dassel around 820 am cdt. cokato and paynesville around 825 am cdt. annandale around 835 am cdt. albany, richmond and watkins around 840 am cdt. cold spring and avon around 845 am cdt. st. joseph, collegeville, rockville and holdingford around 850 am cdt. waite park around 855 am cdt. st. cloud around 900 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include paynesville airport, fairhaven, litchfield airport, spring hill, strout, south haven, st augusta, pleasant lake, st nicholas and smith lake. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.
8/24/2021 5:29 AM CDT	At 529 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of rockville, or 9 miles south of st. cloud, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, clearwater around 540 am cdt. clear lake around 545 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include becker, monticello, maple lake and big lake. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.
8/24/2021 4:44 AM CDT	At 443 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near new london, or 13 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. this severe thunderstorm will be near, paynesville around 450 am cdt. grove city around 455 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include watkins and kimball. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 70 mph.
9/6/2020 12:26 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northern meeker county will expire at 1230 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 300 am cdt for central minnesota.
9/5/2020 11:56 PM CDT	At 1156 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of grove city, or 22 miles east of willmar, moving east at 45 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include two inch hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, watkins around 1210 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include forest city and manannah.
9/5/2020 11:49 PM CDT	At 1149 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of grove city, or 18 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 50 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include two inch hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, watkins around 1205 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include hawick, manannah, lake koronis regional park and forest city.
9/5/2020 11:40 PM CDT	At 1140 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near new london, or 12 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include two inch hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, watkins around 1210 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include hawick, manannah, lake koronis regional park, green lake, forest city and litchfield airport.
9/5/2020 11:34 PM CDT	At 1134 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over spicer, or 8 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe thunderstorm will be near, grove city around 1155 pm cdt. watkins around 1215 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include hawick, manannah, lake koronis regional park, green lake, forest city and litchfield airport.

8/14/2020 6:24 PM CDT	The tornado warning for north central meeker and southeastern stearns counties will expire at 630 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 800 pm cdt for central minnesota.
8/14/2020 6:09 PM CDT	At 606 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near paynesville, or 24 miles northeast of willmar, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, richmond and watkins around 620 pm cdt. cold spring around 625 pm cdt. rockville around 630 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include manannah and st nicholas.
7/18/2020 1:51 AM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for northern meeker and southeastern stearns counties will expire at 200 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 200 am cdt for central minnesota. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service the twin cities.
7/18/2020 1:28 AM CDT	At 128 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near cold spring to near richmond to near grove city, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, st. joseph, rockville and watkins around 135 am cdt. waite park around 140 am cdt. kimball around 145 am cdt. Clearwater around 155 am cdt.
7/18/2020 1:16 AM CDT	At 116 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles south of freeport to near paynesville to near new london, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, richmond around 125 am cdt. avon around 130 am cdt. cold spring and watkins around 135 am cdt. st. joseph and rockville around 140 am cdt. waite park and kimball around 145 am cdt. Clearwater around 200 am cdt.
7/18/2020 12:26 AM CDT	At 1226 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles north of foley to near st. cloud to near paynesville, moving southeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, st. cloud, milaca and foreston around 1240 am cdt. clearwater, clear lake and bock around 1245 am cdt. watkins around 1250 am cdt. princeton, becker and kimball around 1255 am cdt. elk river, big lake, zimmerman and annandale around 105 am cdt. st. francis around 110 am cdt. Cambridge and maple lake around 115 am cdt.
9/2/2019 9:08 PM CDT	At 908 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near rice to 11 miles east of prinsburg, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
6/30/2019 11:25 AM CDT	At 1125 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near kimball, or 16 miles south of st. cloud, moving southeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
6/4/2019 2:05 PM CDT	At 205 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near cold spring, or 14 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, st. Cloud, waite park, rockville, paynesville, watkins, kimball, luxemburg, manannah, paynesville airport, st augusta, lake koronis regional park and st nicholas.
6/4/2019 1:44 PM CDT	At 144 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over richmond, or 18 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees
8/3/2018 7:05 PM CDT	At 705 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from watkins to 6 miles west of french lake to near dassel, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of eastern meeker county, including the following locations, forest city and darwin.
8/3/2018 7:02 PM CDT	The national weather service in the twin cities has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. wright county in central minnesota. southeastern stearns county in central minnesota. until 745 pm cdt. At 702 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line.
8/3/2018 6:51 PM CDT	At 651 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from manannah to near litchfield airport to greenleaf, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, dassel around 705 pm cdt. watkins around 710 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include manannah, greenleaf, darwin, forest city, litchfield airport and strout.
8/3/2018 6:28 PM CDT	At 628 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near atwater, or 10 miles east of willmar, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, grove city around 635 pm cdt. litchfield around 645 pm cdt. dassel around 655 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include greenleaf, darwin, green lake, litchfield airport, kandiyohi, strout, hawick, manannah, lake koronis regional park and forest city.
6/6/2018 3:42 AM CDT	At 341 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from albany to near paynesville to near kandiyohi, moving east at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of northern meeker and southeastern stearns counties, including the following locations: fairhaven, st augusta, pleasant lake, st nicholas, luxemburg, manannah, lake koronis regional park and forest city.
5/28/2018 6:22 PM CDT	At 622 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near st augusta, or 7 miles south of st. cloud, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of benton, northwestern sherburne and eastern stearns counties, including the following locations: duelm, mayhew, glendorado, parent, st cloud airport, st augusta, oak park, opole, pleasant lake and st. stephen. this includes the following highways, interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 151 and 178. u. s. Highway 10 in minnesota between mile markers 158 and 196.
9/20/2017 1:37 AM CDT	At 137 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near rockville to near forest city to near lakeside, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, dassel around 140 am cdt. kimball around 150 am cdt. st. cloud and annandale around 155 am cdt. cokato and maple lake around 200 am cdt. winsted, howard lake, clearwater and clear lake around 205 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include enfield, silver creek, fairhaven, south haven, st augusta, smith lake, greenleaf, darwin, santiago and french lake.
9/20/2017 1:30 AM CDT	At 130 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near watkins to near strout to near lakeside, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, watkins around 135 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include greenleaf, strout, hawick, thorpe, manannah, corvuso, lake koronis regional park, cedar mills and forest city.
9/20/2017 1:02 AM CDT	At 101 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near spicer to blomkest to near bechyn, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, new london and spicer around 105 am cdt. atwater and cosmos around 120 am cdt. grove city around 125 am cdt. litchfield and watkins around 135 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include kandiyohi, strout, thorpe, corvuso, blomkest, lake lillian, greenleaf, green lake and danube.
6/11/2017 7:55 AM CDT	At 755 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from collegeville to near french lake, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, waite park around 800 am cdt. clearwater around 810 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include luxemburg, fairhaven, south haven, st augusta, hasty, pleasant lake and st nicholas.
6/11/2017 7:54 AM CDT	At 753 am cdt, a severe squall line capable of producing both tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage was located over forest city, or 21 miles north of hutchinson, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and golf ball size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central meeker county, including the following locations: forest city and litchfield airport.
6/11/2017 7:38 AM CDT	At 737 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from st. martin to litchfield, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, waite park, st. joseph and kimball around 755 am cdt. clearwater around 810 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include luxemburg, paynesville airport, fairhaven, south haven, st augusta, hasty, pleasant lake, st nicholas and roscoe. This includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 160 and 184.
6/11/2017 7:34 AM CDT	At 733 am cdt, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located near atwater, or 9 miles east of willmar, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and golf ball size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. these dangerous storms will be near, grove city around 740 am cdt. litchfield around 750 am cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include forest city, manannah and litchfield airport. this includes u. s. Highway 12 between mile markers 81 and 106.
6/11/2017 7:21 AM CDT	At 721 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from atwater to 6 miles southwest of hector, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, litchfield and stewart around 735 am cdt. dassel and brownton around 745 am cdt. glencoe and annandale around 755 am cdt. green isle around 800 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include litchfield airport, south haven, glencoe airport, hutchinson airport, smith lake, sumter, greenleaf, darwin, biscay and french lake. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 12 between mile markers 99 and 126. u. s. Highway 212 between mile markers 102 and 126.
7/11/2016 6:07 PM CDT	The tornado warning for southeastern stearns and northeastern meeker counties will expire at 615 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out meeker county. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central minnesota. remember, a tornado warning still remains in effect for stearns county until 630 pm.

7/11/2016 5:56 PM CDT	At 555 pm cdt, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located over watkins, or 21 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving northeast at 30 mph. this is a particularly dangerous situation. take cover now! (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado. You are in a life-threatening situation. flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be destroyed. considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible. the tornado will be near, kimball around 605 pm cdt. rockville around 620 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st nicholas and luxemburg.
7/11/2016 5:51 PM CDT	At 550 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located near watkins, or 23 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving northeast at 30 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this tornado will be near, watkins around 555 pm cdt. kimball around 605 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st nicholas and fairhaven.
7/11/2016 5:40 PM CDT	At 540 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over forest city, or 23 miles north of hutchinson, moving northeast at 30 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. the tornado will be near, watkins around 555 pm cdt. kimball around 600 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st nicholas, fairhaven and forest city.
7/5/2016 4:53 PM CDT	The severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern stearns and northeastern meeker counties will expire at 500 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central minnesota.
7/5/2016 4:39 PM CDT	At 438 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near french lake, or 18 miles west of buffalo, moving east at 35 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (public). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and golf ball size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern stearns and northeastern meeker counties, including the following locations: darwin, fairhaven and forest city. A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central minnesota.
7/5/2016 4:16 PM CDT	At 416 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 25 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 35 mph (public). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. this severe storm will be near, watkins around 425 pm cdt. kimball around 435 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include darwin, fairhaven, st nicholas, forest city and litchfield airport. A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central minnesota.
7/5/2016 4:05 PM CDT	At 404 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over manannah, or 22 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 425 pm cdt. kimball around 435 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include darwin, fairhaven, st nicholas, forest city and litchfield airport. this includes u. s. highway 12 between mile markers 95 and 114. A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central minnesota.
6/17/2016 2:32 PM CDT	A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 300 pm cdt for southeastern stearns county. at 231 pm cdt. a severe thunderstorm was located over kimball. or 18 miles southwest of st. cloud. moving southeast at 20 mph. hazard. 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. source. Radar indicated.
6/17/2016 2:09 PM CDT	At 209 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cold spring, or 15 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 230 pm cdt. kimball around 240 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include st nicholas and fairhaven.
7/17/2015 11:31 PM CDT	At 1131 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from st nicholas to near kimball to near lakeside, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. these severe storms will be near, hutchinson, annandale and kimball around 1145 pm cdt. silver lake around 1155 pm cdt. maple lake, clearwater and lester prairie around 1200 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include greenleaf, fairhaven, forest city, waverly, darwin, st augusta, rassat, smith lake, luxemburg and south haven. this includes the following highways, interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 173 and 182. u. s. Highway 12 between mile markers 96 and 129.
7/17/2015 11:09 PM CDT	At 1108 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roscoe to near eden valley to near cosmos, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, eden valley around 1115 pm cdt. richmond and watkins around 1120 pm cdt. cold spring and kimball around 1130 pm cdt. rockville around 1135 pm cdt. hutchinson and annandale around 1140 pm cdt. silver lake around 1150 pm cdt. maple lake around 1155 pm cdt. clearwater and lester prairie around 1200 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include greenleaf, fairhaven, forest city, waverly, darwin, st augusta, rassat, smith lake, luxemburg and south haven. this includes the following highways, interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 173 and 182. u. s. Highway 12 between mile markers 93 and 129.
7/17/2015 10:58 PM CDT	At 1058 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lake henry to near grove city to near lake lillian, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. these severe storms will be near, grove city around 1105 pm cdt. litchfield, cold spring, richmond, eden valley and cosmos around 1115 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include lake henry, forest city, georgeville, kandiyohi, svea, hawick, lake koronis regional park, lake lillian, luxemburg and manannah. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 12 between mile markers 73 and 105. u. s. highway 8 in minnesota near mile marker 6. u. s. Highway 71 between mile markers 108 and 147.
7/17/2015 10:30 PM CDT	At 1030 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from belgrade to near pennock to gluek, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, willmar and belgrade around 1035 pm cdt. new london and spicer around 1045 pm cdt. paynesville, raymond and prinsburg around 1050 pm cdt. atwater around 1055 pm cdt. richmond and grove city around 1100 pm cdt. litchfield and cold spring around 1110 pm cdt. rockville and cosmos around 1115 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include lake henry, forest city, georgeville, kandiyohi, svea, hawick, lake koronis regional park, norway lake, willmar airport and lake lillian. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 12 between mile markers 69 and 105. u. s. highway 8 in minnesota near mile marker 6. u. s. Highway 71 between mile markers 108 and 147.
7/12/2015 10:32 PM CDT	At 1032 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 23 miles south of st. cloud, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, kimball around 1040 pm cdt. annandale around 1050 pm cdt. maple lake around 1105 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include fairhaven, rassat, south haven, french lake and hasty. This includes interstate 94 in minnesota near mile marker 184.
7/12/2015 9:20 PM CDT	At 919 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from enfield to near st nicholas, moving southeast at 25 mph (trained weather spotters reported a measured 69 mph wind gust with this line of storms). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, monticello around 925 pm cdt. big lake around 935 pm cdt. albertville around 950 pm cdt. annandale around 955 pm cdt. st. michael and otsego around 1000 pm cdt. independence and maple lake around 1010 pm cdt. buffalo, montrose and howard lake around 1015 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include buffalo airport, pleasant lake, darwin, rassat, luxemburg, south haven, enfield, roscoe, st. martin and french lake. this includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 158 and 205. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for east central minnesota.
7/12/2015 8:54 PM CDT	At 853 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from clear lake to near richmond, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, clearwater around 900 pm cdt. monticello and watkins around 915 pm cdt. big lake around 920 pm cdt. kimball around 925 pm cdt. albertville and annandale around 935 pm cdt. st. michael and otsego around 945 pm cdt. maple lake around 950 pm cdt. buffalo around 1000 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include greenleaf, buffalo airport, pleasant lake, darwin, rassat, luxemburg, south haven, enfield, roscoe and st. martin. this includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 158 and 205. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for east central minnesota.
7/12/2015 8:41 PM CDT	At 841 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near mayhew to manannah, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, watkins around 900 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include fairhaven, lake henry, georgeville, st wendel, pleasant lake, elrosa, greenwald, st augusta, farming and new munich. this includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 128 and 178. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for west central minnesota.
7/12/2015 8:16 PM CDT	At 815 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from royalton to near regal, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, rice around 825 pm cdt. eden valley around 845 pm cdt. watkins around 855 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include fairhaven, lake henry, georgeville, st wendel, pleasant lake, elrosa, greenwald, st augusta, farming and new munich. this includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 125 and 178. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for west central minnesota.
5/16/2015 8:51 PM CDT	The tornado warning for southeastern stearns county will expire at 900 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits and exited the warned area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central minnesota.
5/16/2015 8:34 PM CDT	At 833 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over kimball, or 17 miles south of st. cloud, moving north at 30 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, rockville around 850 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st augusta, fairhaven and luxemburg. Radar indicated.
5/16/2015 8:25 PM CDT	At 825 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near kimball, or 21 miles south of st. cloud, moving north at 30 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, kimball around 830 pm cdt. rockville around 850 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st augusta, fairhaven and luxemburg. Radar indicated.
8/6/2013 7:30 PM CDT	Quarter sized hail reported 0.4 miles N of Watkins, MN
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	Ping Pong Ball sized hail reported 5.3 miles SSE of Watkins, MN, golfball to ping pong size hail reported for approximately 10 minutes.
1/1/0001 12:00 AM	A few large trees dow in meeker county MN, 0.4 miles N of Watkins, MN

8/29/2024 3:20 PM CDT

At 320 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles east of camp ripley to 5 miles north of collegeville to near st. cloud, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, st. cloud, little falls, sartell, sauk rapids, waite park, st. Joseph, cold spring, collegeville, rockville, clearwater, richmond, and avon.

8/29/2024 2:54 PM CDT

Svrmpx the national weather service in the twin cities has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, northern meeker county in central minnesota, western benton county in central minnesota, northwestern sherburne county in central minnesota, eastern stearns county in central minnesota, morrison county in central minnesota, * until 345 pm cdt. * at 253 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near flensburg to near richmond to near watkins, moving northeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

8/3/2024 9:36 PM CDT

The storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however, small hail is still possible with this thunderstorm. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for central minnesota.

8/3/2024 9:22 PM CDT

the severe thunderstorm warning has been cancelled and is no longer in effect

8/3/2024 9:22 PM CDT

At 921 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near grove city, or 19 miles east of willmar, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, litchfield, new london, spicer, atwater, grove city, green lake, forest city, manannah, kandiyohi, darwin, litchfield airport, and lake koronis regional park.

8/3/2024 9:12 PM CDT

At 912 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of paynesville, or 20 miles northeast of willmar, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, litchfield, paynesville, new london, spicer, atwater, watkins, grove city, green lake, forest city, manannah, kandiyohi, and darwin.

8/3/2024 8:48 PM CDT

Svrmpx the national weather service in the twin cities has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for, meeker county in central minnesota, southwestern stearns county in central minnesota, northeastern kandiyohi county in central minnesota, * until 945 pm cdt. * at 848 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near paynesville, or 25 miles northeast of willmar, moving south at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

7/27/2023 3:57 PM CDT

At 357 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over paynesville, or 24 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe storm will be near, richmond around 415 pm cdt. cold spring around 420 pm cdt. watkins around 425 pm cdt. rockville around 430 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include manannah, paynesville airport, st nicholas, roscoe and st. martin. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

7/27/2023 3:48 PM CDT

At 347 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near paynesville, or 22 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, paynesville around 355 pm cdt. richmond around 415 pm cdt. cold spring around 420 pm cdt. watkins around 425 pm cdt. rockville around 430 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include paynesville airport, lake henry, manannah, lake koronis regional park, st nicholas, roscoe, regal, st. martin and spring hill. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

7/25/2023 11:50 PM CDT

At 1149 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near annandale, or 17 miles west of buffalo, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. This severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of northern meeker and southeastern stearns counties, including the following locations, darwin, forest city, st nicholas and litchfield airport.

7/25/2023 11:36 PM CDT

At 1136 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 23 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 55 mph. this is a destructive storm (law enforcement). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. locations impacted include, kimball. thunderstorm damage threat, destructive hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 80 mph.

7/25/2023 11:20 PM CDT

At 1120 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of paynesville, or 18 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 55 mph. this is a destructive storm for (law enforcement). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 1140 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include kimball. thunderstorm damage threat, destructive hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 80 mph.

7/25/2023 11:05 PM CDT

At 1104 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near new london, or 14 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, paynesville around 1115 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include watkins and kimball. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

7/24/2023 3:58 PM CDT

At 358 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near cold spring, or 14 miles west of st. cloud, moving south at 15 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, cold spring around 410 pm cdt. rockville around 415 pm cdt. watkins around 445 pm cdt. kimball around 450 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include fairhaven, st nicholas and pleasant lake. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

7/19/2023 5:30 PM CDT

At 529 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over watkins, or 18 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving southeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters reported 74 mph gust near richmond). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. this severe thunderstorm will be near, annandale around 545 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include maple lake, buffalo and montrose. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 70 mph.

7/19/2023 5:26 PM CDT

At 526 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles west of watkins, or 22 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, paynesville, watkins, manannah, roscoe, paynesville airport, st nicholas and lake koronis regional park. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

7/19/2023 5:17 PM CDT

At 517 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over paynesville, or 23 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, watkins. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

7/19/2023 5:02 PM CDT

At 502 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near belgrade, or 21 miles north of willmar, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, paynesville around 515 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include watkins. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

7/13/2023 8:32 PM CDT

At 832 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of watkins, or 22 miles north of hutchinson, moving southeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, dassel. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

7/13/2023 8:13 PM CDT

At 813 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near paynesville, or 20 miles northeast of willmar, moving southeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 825 pm cdt. litchfield around 830 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include dassel. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

7/13/2023 7:07 PM CDT

At 707 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of watkins, or 23 miles north of hutchinson, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include, dassel.

7/13/2023 6:57 PM CDT

At 657 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of watkins, or 25 miles northeast of willmar, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 705 pm cdt. litchfield around 710 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include dassel. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

8/28/2022 9:38 PM CDT

At 938 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles south of st. cloud to 5 miles north of kimball to watkins, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, st. cloud around 955 pm cdt. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include clear lake, annandale, clearwater and becker.

8/28/2022 9:33 PM CDT

At 933 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near kimball, or 14 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 30 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and two inch hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern stearns county, including the following locations, fairhaven.

8/28/2022 9:25 PM CDT

At 925 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near watkins, or 16 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 20 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and two inch hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. Locations impacted include, kimball.

8/28/2022 9:14 PM CDT

At 914 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near richmond, or 18 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 25 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, watkins around 925 pm cdt. Other locations in the path of this tornadic thunderstorm include kimball.

5/30/2022 4:14 AM CDT

At 414 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles west of brooten to near dassel, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, cokato and dassel around 420 am cdt. annandale around 430 am cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include sauk centre, clearwater, becker and clear lake. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.

5/30/2022 3:52 AM CDT

At 351 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles north of watson to near hector, moving northeast at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, hector around 355 am cdt. cosmos around 400 am cdt. other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include litchfield. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.

5/12/2022 7:54 PM CDT

At 753 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles south of motley to near camp ripley to 5 miles east of royalton to 5 miles south of clearwater, moving northeast at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of western wright, eastern meeker, western benton, northwestern sherburne, southern todd, eastern stearns and southwestern morrison counties, including the following locations, mayhew, sobieski, st augusta, opole, burtrum, pleasant lake, smith lake, clotho, darwin and little falls airport. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.

5/12/2022 7:45 PM CDT

At 744 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near montrose to green isle to near le sueur, moving east at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, buffalo around 750 pm cdt. delano around 755 pm cdt. belle plaine, rockford and cologne around 800 pm cdt. new prague, jordan, medina, independence and maple plain around 805 pm cdt. maple grove, st. michael, otsego, rogers and corcoran around 810 pm cdt. plymouth around 815 pm cdt. minneapolis, brooklyn park, shakopee, brooklyn center and savage around 820 pm cdt. coon rapids, burnsville, fridley, columbia heights and spring lake park around 825 pm cdt. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

5/12/2022 7:25 PM CDT

At 724 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near long prairie to near upsala to near avon to dassel, moving northeast at 75 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, waite park, st. joseph, collegeville, holdingford and upsala around 730 pm cdt. sartell, annandale, browerville and flensburg around 735 pm cdt. little falls, maple lake, royalton and rice around 740 pm cdt. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.

5/12/2022 7:08 PM CDT

At 707 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles northeast of glenwood to 8 miles northeast of belgrade to near paynesville to 6 miles south of grove city, moving northeast at 70 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, melrose around 715 pm cdt. st. anthony, freeport and lake osakis around 720 pm cdt. collegeville, albany, avon, watkins and grey eagle around 725 pm cdt. long prairie, kimball, holdingford, upsala and swanville around 730 pm cdt. rockville, browerville, clarissa, bowlus and flensburg around 735 pm cdt. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, <. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 70 mph.

5/11/2022 8:26 PM CDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for western wright, northeastern meeker and southeastern stearns counties will expire at 830 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until midnight cdt for central minnesota.

5/11/2022 7:46 PM CDT

At 746 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near annandale, or 18 miles west of buffalo, moving northwest at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, kimball around 755 pm cdt. watkins around 800 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include cold spring, rockville, waite park, richmond, st. joseph and collegeville. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

5/11/2022 7:40 PM CDT

At 740 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 17 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, cold spring, rockville, richmond, watkins, kimball, roscoe and st nicholas. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

5/11/2022 7:30 PM CDT

At 729 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over watkins, or 21 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, rockville, cold spring and richmond. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

5/11/2022 7:20 PM CDT

At 720 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles south of kimball, or 22 miles north of hutchinson, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins and kimball around 730 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include cold spring, rockville and richmond. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

5/11/2022 3:26 PM CDT

At 326 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near kimball, or 14 miles south of st. cloud, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, clearwater and st. cloud. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

5/11/2022 3:03 PM CDT

At 303 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of litchfield, or 22 miles north of hutchinson, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 310 pm cdt. annandale and kimball around 320 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include clearwater and st. cloud. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

5/11/2022 12:03 PM CDT

At 1203 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near st. joseph, or 10 miles west of st. cloud, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. locations impacted include, waite park and holdingford. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.

5/11/2022 11:44 AM CDT

At 1143 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 22 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving north at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include quarter size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. this severe thunderstorm will be near, cold spring and richmond around 1155 am cdt. rockville around 1200 pm cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include waite park, st. joseph, collegeville, avon and holdingford. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.

5/9/2022 8:50 AM CDT

At 849 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of kimball, or 13 miles south of st. cloud, moving northeast at 70 mph (law enforcement reported golf ball size hail in kimball at 843 am cdt). Hazards include golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect hail damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, clearwater around 855 am cdt. st. cloud and clear lake around 900 am cdt. becker around 905 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include princeton and foreston. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, observed max hail size, 1. 75 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

5/9/2022 8:15 AM CDT

At 815 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 6 miles southeast of belgrade to 5 miles northwest of atwater to 5 miles southwest of dassel, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include half dollar size hail. Damage to vehicles is expected. severe thunderstorms will be near, dassel around 820 am cdt. cokato and paynesville around 825 am cdt. annandale around 835 am cdt. albany, richmond and watkins around 840 am cdt. cold spring and avon around 845 am cdt. st. joseph, collegeville, rockville and holdingford around 850 am cdt. waite park around 855 am cdt. st. cloud around 900 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include paynesville airport, fairhaven, litchfield airport, spring hill, strout, south haven, st augusta, pleasant lake, st nicholas and smith lake. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 25 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, <50 mph.

8/24/2021 5:29 AM CDT

At 529 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of rockville, or 9 miles south of st. cloud, moving southeast at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, clearwater around 540 am cdt. clear lake around 545 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include becker, monticello, maple lake and big lake. hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, radar indicated max wind gust, 60 mph.

8/24/2021 4:44 AM CDT

At 443 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near new london, or 13 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. this severe thunderstorm will be near, paynesville around 450 am cdt. grove city around 455 am cdt. other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include watkins and kimball. thunderstorm damage threat, considerable hail threat, radar indicated max hail size, 1. 00 in wind threat, observed max wind gust, 70 mph.

9/6/2020 12:26 AM CDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for northern meeker county will expire at 1230 am cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 300 am cdt for central minnesota.

9/5/2020 11:56 PM CDT

At 1156 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles northeast of grove city, or 22 miles east of willmar, moving east at 45 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include two inch hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, watkins around 1210 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include forest city and manannah.

9/5/2020 11:49 PM CDT

At 1149 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles north of grove city, or 18 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 50 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include two inch hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, watkins around 1205 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include hawick, manannah, lake koronis regional park and forest city.

9/5/2020 11:40 PM CDT

At 1140 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near new london, or 12 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include two inch hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe storm will be near, watkins around 1210 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include hawick, manannah, lake koronis regional park, green lake, forest city and litchfield airport.

9/5/2020 11:34 PM CDT

At 1134 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over spicer, or 8 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include ping pong ball size hail. People and animals outdoors will be injured. expect damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. this severe thunderstorm will be near, grove city around 1155 pm cdt. watkins around 1215 am cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include hawick, manannah, lake koronis regional park, green lake, forest city and litchfield airport.

8/14/2020 6:24 PM CDT

The tornado warning for north central meeker and southeastern stearns counties will expire at 630 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits, and no longer appears capable of producing a tornado. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 800 pm cdt for central minnesota.

8/14/2020 6:09 PM CDT

At 606 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near paynesville, or 24 miles northeast of willmar, moving northeast at 40 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, richmond and watkins around 620 pm cdt. cold spring around 625 pm cdt. rockville around 630 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include manannah and st nicholas.

7/18/2020 1:51 AM CDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for northern meeker and southeastern stearns counties will expire at 200 am cdt, the storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property. therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with these thunderstorms. a severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 200 am cdt for central minnesota. to report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement agency. they will relay your report to the national weather service the twin cities.

7/18/2020 1:28 AM CDT

At 128 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near cold spring to near richmond to near grove city, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, st. joseph, rockville and watkins around 135 am cdt. waite park around 140 am cdt. kimball around 145 am cdt. Clearwater around 155 am cdt.

7/18/2020 1:16 AM CDT

At 116 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 8 miles south of freeport to near paynesville to near new london, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, richmond around 125 am cdt. avon around 130 am cdt. cold spring and watkins around 135 am cdt. st. joseph and rockville around 140 am cdt. waite park and kimball around 145 am cdt. Clearwater around 200 am cdt.

7/18/2020 12:26 AM CDT

At 1226 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from 9 miles north of foley to near st. cloud to near paynesville, moving southeast at 50 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, st. cloud, milaca and foreston around 1240 am cdt. clearwater, clear lake and bock around 1245 am cdt. watkins around 1250 am cdt. princeton, becker and kimball around 1255 am cdt. elk river, big lake, zimmerman and annandale around 105 am cdt. st. francis around 110 am cdt. Cambridge and maple lake around 115 am cdt.

9/2/2019 9:08 PM CDT

At 908 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near rice to 11 miles east of prinsburg, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

6/30/2019 11:25 AM CDT

At 1125 am cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near kimball, or 16 miles south of st. cloud, moving southeast at 45 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees

6/4/2019 2:05 PM CDT

At 205 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near cold spring, or 14 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. locations impacted include, st. Cloud, waite park, rockville, paynesville, watkins, kimball, luxemburg, manannah, paynesville airport, st augusta, lake koronis regional park and st nicholas.

6/4/2019 1:44 PM CDT

At 144 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over richmond, or 18 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving southeast at 25 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees

8/3/2018 7:05 PM CDT

At 705 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from watkins to 6 miles west of french lake to near dassel, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of eastern meeker county, including the following locations, forest city and darwin.

8/3/2018 7:02 PM CDT

The national weather service in the twin cities has issued a * severe thunderstorm warning for. wright county in central minnesota. southeastern stearns county in central minnesota. until 745 pm cdt. At 702 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line.

8/3/2018 6:51 PM CDT

At 651 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from manannah to near litchfield airport to greenleaf, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts. Expect considerable tree damage. damage is likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, dassel around 705 pm cdt. watkins around 710 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include manannah, greenleaf, darwin, forest city, litchfield airport and strout.

8/3/2018 6:28 PM CDT

At 628 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near atwater, or 10 miles east of willmar, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, grove city around 635 pm cdt. litchfield around 645 pm cdt. dassel around 655 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include greenleaf, darwin, green lake, litchfield airport, kandiyohi, strout, hawick, manannah, lake koronis regional park and forest city.

6/6/2018 3:42 AM CDT

At 341 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from albany to near paynesville to near kandiyohi, moving east at 65 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe thunderstorms will remain over mainly rural areas of northern meeker and southeastern stearns counties, including the following locations: fairhaven, st augusta, pleasant lake, st nicholas, luxemburg, manannah, lake koronis regional park and forest city.

5/28/2018 6:22 PM CDT

At 622 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near st augusta, or 7 miles south of st. cloud, moving north at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of benton, northwestern sherburne and eastern stearns counties, including the following locations: duelm, mayhew, glendorado, parent, st cloud airport, st augusta, oak park, opole, pleasant lake and st. stephen. this includes the following highways, interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 151 and 178. u. s. Highway 10 in minnesota between mile markers 158 and 196.

9/20/2017 1:37 AM CDT

At 137 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near rockville to near forest city to near lakeside, moving northeast at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, dassel around 140 am cdt. kimball around 150 am cdt. st. cloud and annandale around 155 am cdt. cokato and maple lake around 200 am cdt. winsted, howard lake, clearwater and clear lake around 205 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include enfield, silver creek, fairhaven, south haven, st augusta, smith lake, greenleaf, darwin, santiago and french lake.

9/20/2017 1:30 AM CDT

At 130 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near watkins to near strout to near lakeside, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, watkins around 135 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include greenleaf, strout, hawick, thorpe, manannah, corvuso, lake koronis regional park, cedar mills and forest city.

9/20/2017 1:02 AM CDT

At 101 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near spicer to blomkest to near bechyn, moving east at 55 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, new london and spicer around 105 am cdt. atwater and cosmos around 120 am cdt. grove city around 125 am cdt. litchfield and watkins around 135 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include kandiyohi, strout, thorpe, corvuso, blomkest, lake lillian, greenleaf, green lake and danube.

6/11/2017 7:55 AM CDT

At 755 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from collegeville to near french lake, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. these severe storms will be near, waite park around 800 am cdt. clearwater around 810 am cdt. Other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include luxemburg, fairhaven, south haven, st augusta, hasty, pleasant lake and st nicholas.

6/11/2017 7:54 AM CDT

At 753 am cdt, a severe squall line capable of producing both tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage was located over forest city, or 21 miles north of hutchinson, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and golf ball size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. This tornadic thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of north central meeker county, including the following locations: forest city and litchfield airport.

6/11/2017 7:38 AM CDT

At 737 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from st. martin to litchfield, moving northeast at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, waite park, st. joseph and kimball around 755 am cdt. clearwater around 810 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include luxemburg, paynesville airport, fairhaven, south haven, st augusta, hasty, pleasant lake, st nicholas and roscoe. This includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 160 and 184.

6/11/2017 7:34 AM CDT

At 733 am cdt, severe thunderstorms capable of producing both tornadoes and extensive straight line wind damage were located near atwater, or 9 miles east of willmar, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado and golf ball size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. these dangerous storms will be near, grove city around 740 am cdt. litchfield around 750 am cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include forest city, manannah and litchfield airport. this includes u. s. Highway 12 between mile markers 81 and 106.

6/11/2017 7:21 AM CDT

At 721 am cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from atwater to 6 miles southwest of hector, moving east at 60 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, litchfield and stewart around 735 am cdt. dassel and brownton around 745 am cdt. glencoe and annandale around 755 am cdt. green isle around 800 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include litchfield airport, south haven, glencoe airport, hutchinson airport, smith lake, sumter, greenleaf, darwin, biscay and french lake. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 12 between mile markers 99 and 126. u. s. Highway 212 between mile markers 102 and 126.

7/11/2016 6:07 PM CDT

The tornado warning for southeastern stearns and northeastern meeker counties will expire at 615 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out meeker county. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central minnesota. remember, a tornado warning still remains in effect for stearns county until 630 pm.

7/11/2016 5:56 PM CDT

At 555 pm cdt, a confirmed large and extremely dangerous tornado was located over watkins, or 21 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving northeast at 30 mph. this is a particularly dangerous situation. take cover now! (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado. You are in a life-threatening situation. flying debris may be deadly to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be destroyed. considerable damage to homes, businesses, and vehicles is likely and complete destruction is possible. the tornado will be near, kimball around 605 pm cdt. rockville around 620 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st nicholas and luxemburg.

7/11/2016 5:51 PM CDT

At 550 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located near watkins, or 23 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving northeast at 30 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this tornado will be near, watkins around 555 pm cdt. kimball around 605 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st nicholas and fairhaven.

7/11/2016 5:40 PM CDT

At 540 pm cdt, a confirmed tornado was located over forest city, or 23 miles north of hutchinson, moving northeast at 30 mph (weather spotters confirmed tornado). Hazards include damaging tornado and quarter size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. the tornado will be near, watkins around 555 pm cdt. kimball around 600 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st nicholas, fairhaven and forest city.

7/5/2016 4:53 PM CDT

The severe thunderstorm warning for southeastern stearns and northeastern meeker counties will expire at 500 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has moved out of the area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. however gusty winds are still possible with this thunderstorm. a tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central minnesota.

7/5/2016 4:39 PM CDT

At 438 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near french lake, or 18 miles west of buffalo, moving east at 35 mph. this is a very dangerous storm (public). Hazards include 80 mph wind gusts and golf ball size hail. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be heavily damaged. expect considerable damage to roofs, windows, and vehicles. extensive tree damage and power outages are likely. this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of southeastern stearns and northeastern meeker counties, including the following locations: darwin, fairhaven and forest city. A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central minnesota.

7/5/2016 4:16 PM CDT

At 416 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 25 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving east at 35 mph (public). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. this severe storm will be near, watkins around 425 pm cdt. kimball around 435 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include darwin, fairhaven, st nicholas, forest city and litchfield airport. A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central minnesota.

7/5/2016 4:05 PM CDT

At 404 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over manannah, or 22 miles northeast of willmar, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 425 pm cdt. kimball around 435 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include darwin, fairhaven, st nicholas, forest city and litchfield airport. this includes u. s. highway 12 between mile markers 95 and 114. A tornado watch remains in effect until 900 pm cdt for central minnesota.

6/17/2016 2:32 PM CDT

A severe thunderstorm warning remains in effect until 300 pm cdt for southeastern stearns county. at 231 pm cdt. a severe thunderstorm was located over kimball. or 18 miles southwest of st. cloud. moving southeast at 20 mph. hazard. 60 mph wind gusts and nickel size hail. source. Radar indicated.

6/17/2016 2:09 PM CDT

At 209 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located over cold spring, or 15 miles southwest of st. cloud, moving southeast at 20 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, watkins around 230 pm cdt. kimball around 240 pm cdt. Other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include st nicholas and fairhaven.

7/17/2015 11:31 PM CDT

At 1131 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from st nicholas to near kimball to near lakeside, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. these severe storms will be near, hutchinson, annandale and kimball around 1145 pm cdt. silver lake around 1155 pm cdt. maple lake, clearwater and lester prairie around 1200 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include greenleaf, fairhaven, forest city, waverly, darwin, st augusta, rassat, smith lake, luxemburg and south haven. this includes the following highways, interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 173 and 182. u. s. Highway 12 between mile markers 96 and 129.

7/17/2015 11:09 PM CDT

At 1108 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near roscoe to near eden valley to near cosmos, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. severe thunderstorms will be near, eden valley around 1115 pm cdt. richmond and watkins around 1120 pm cdt. cold spring and kimball around 1130 pm cdt. rockville around 1135 pm cdt. hutchinson and annandale around 1140 pm cdt. silver lake around 1150 pm cdt. maple lake around 1155 pm cdt. clearwater and lester prairie around 1200 am cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include greenleaf, fairhaven, forest city, waverly, darwin, st augusta, rassat, smith lake, luxemburg and south haven. this includes the following highways, interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 173 and 182. u. s. Highway 12 between mile markers 93 and 129.

7/17/2015 10:58 PM CDT

At 1058 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from lake henry to near grove city to near lake lillian, moving east at 40 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts. Expect damage to roofs. siding and trees. these severe storms will be near, grove city around 1105 pm cdt. litchfield, cold spring, richmond, eden valley and cosmos around 1115 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include lake henry, forest city, georgeville, kandiyohi, svea, hawick, lake koronis regional park, lake lillian, luxemburg and manannah. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 12 between mile markers 73 and 105. u. s. highway 8 in minnesota near mile marker 6. u. s. Highway 71 between mile markers 108 and 147.

7/17/2015 10:30 PM CDT

At 1030 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from belgrade to near pennock to gluek, moving east at 45 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, willmar and belgrade around 1035 pm cdt. new london and spicer around 1045 pm cdt. paynesville, raymond and prinsburg around 1050 pm cdt. atwater around 1055 pm cdt. richmond and grove city around 1100 pm cdt. litchfield and cold spring around 1110 pm cdt. rockville and cosmos around 1115 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include lake henry, forest city, georgeville, kandiyohi, svea, hawick, lake koronis regional park, norway lake, willmar airport and lake lillian. this includes the following highways, u. s. highway 12 between mile markers 69 and 105. u. s. highway 8 in minnesota near mile marker 6. u. s. Highway 71 between mile markers 108 and 147.

7/12/2015 10:32 PM CDT

At 1032 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm was located near watkins, or 23 miles south of st. cloud, moving east at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect wind damage to roofs, siding and trees. this severe thunderstorm will be near, kimball around 1040 pm cdt. annandale around 1050 pm cdt. maple lake around 1105 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this severe thunderstorm include fairhaven, rassat, south haven, french lake and hasty. This includes interstate 94 in minnesota near mile marker 184.

7/12/2015 9:20 PM CDT

At 919 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from enfield to near st nicholas, moving southeast at 25 mph (trained weather spotters reported a measured 69 mph wind gust with this line of storms). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, monticello around 925 pm cdt. big lake around 935 pm cdt. albertville around 950 pm cdt. annandale around 955 pm cdt. st. michael and otsego around 1000 pm cdt. independence and maple lake around 1010 pm cdt. buffalo, montrose and howard lake around 1015 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include buffalo airport, pleasant lake, darwin, rassat, luxemburg, south haven, enfield, roscoe, st. martin and french lake. this includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 158 and 205. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for east central minnesota.

7/12/2015 8:54 PM CDT

At 853 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from clear lake to near richmond, moving southeast at 35 mph (trained weather spotters). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, clearwater around 900 pm cdt. monticello and watkins around 915 pm cdt. big lake around 920 pm cdt. kimball around 925 pm cdt. albertville and annandale around 935 pm cdt. st. michael and otsego around 945 pm cdt. maple lake around 950 pm cdt. buffalo around 1000 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include greenleaf, buffalo airport, pleasant lake, darwin, rassat, luxemburg, south haven, enfield, roscoe and st. martin. this includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 158 and 205. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for east central minnesota.

7/12/2015 8:41 PM CDT

At 841 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near mayhew to manannah, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. these severe storms will be near, watkins around 900 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include fairhaven, lake henry, georgeville, st wendel, pleasant lake, elrosa, greenwald, st augusta, farming and new munich. this includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 128 and 178. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for west central minnesota.

7/12/2015 8:16 PM CDT

At 815 pm cdt, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from royalton to near regal, moving southeast at 35 mph (radar indicated). Hazards include 70 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. Hail damage to vehicles is expected. expect considerable tree damage. wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs and outbuildings. severe thunderstorms will be near, rice around 825 pm cdt. eden valley around 845 pm cdt. watkins around 855 pm cdt. other locations impacted by these severe thunderstorms include fairhaven, lake henry, georgeville, st wendel, pleasant lake, elrosa, greenwald, st augusta, farming and new munich. this includes interstate 94 in minnesota between mile markers 125 and 178. A tornado watch remains in effect until 100 am cdt for west central minnesota.

5/16/2015 8:51 PM CDT

The tornado warning for southeastern stearns county will expire at 900 pm cdt, the storm which prompted the warning has weakened below severe limits and exited the warned area. therefore the warning will be allowed to expire. a tornado watch remains in effect until 1000 pm cdt for central minnesota.

5/16/2015 8:34 PM CDT

At 833 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located over kimball, or 17 miles south of st. cloud, moving north at 30 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, rockville around 850 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st augusta, fairhaven and luxemburg. Radar indicated.

5/16/2015 8:25 PM CDT

At 825 pm cdt, a severe thunderstorm capable of producing a tornado was located near kimball, or 21 miles south of st. cloud, moving north at 30 mph (radar indicated rotation). Hazards include tornado. Flying debris will be dangerous to those caught without shelter. mobile homes will be damaged or destroyed. damage to roofs, windows and vehicles will occur. tree damage is likely. this dangerous storm will be near, kimball around 830 pm cdt. rockville around 850 pm cdt. other locations impacted by this tornadic thunderstorm include st augusta, fairhaven and luxemburg. Radar indicated.

Name:	Watkins, MN
Where Located:	60.5 miles WNW of Minneapolis, MN
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