Severe Thunderstorm Watch for the Belle Plaine area in effect until 1 a.m.. Stay Sky Aware.
The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of southern Minnesota
extreme west central Wisconsin
* effective this Wednesday night and Thursday morning from 645 PM
until 100 am CDT.
* Primary threats include... scattered large hail and isolated very large hail events to 2 inches in diameter possible isolated damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible a tornado or two possible
The Severe Thunderstorm Watch area is approximately along and 55
statute miles north and south of a line from 20 miles southwest
of Redwood Falls Minnesota to 30 miles north northeast of
Rochester Minnesota. .
Precautionary/preparedness actions...
Remember... a Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are
favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch
area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for
threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements
and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally
do produce tornadoes.
Address/Location
Belle Plaine Police Department
420 E Main St
Belle Plaine, MN 56011
Contact
Emergency: 9-1-1
Non-emergencies: 952-873-4307