NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MNSV.W 0134June 30, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn and 1 more, MN
The National Weather Service office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn and 1 more in Minnesota, which was in force until 5:45 a.m. local time on June 30. It was the 134th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Twin Cities/Chanhassen issued in 2026. Minnesota had 141 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 119 in an average June of 2008-2025 (Minnesota's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 48 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
- Area
- Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn and 1 more
- State
- Minnesota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 4:57 a.m. CDT, June 30, 2026
- Expires
- 5:45 a.m. CDT, June 30, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KMPX SV.W 0134
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota since 2008Every warning type in Minnesota
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The notice as issued
SVRMPX The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southeastern Blue Earth County in south central Minnesota... Faribault County in south central Minnesota... Western Freeborn County in south central Minnesota... Waseca County in south central Minnesota... * Until 545 AM CDT. * At 457 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line from over Amboy to near Bricelyn, or along a line from 22 miles northeast of Fairmont to 26 miles west of Albert Lea, moving northeast at 50 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. * Locations impacted include... Winnebago, Frost, Amboy, Bricelyn, Easton, Minnesota Lake, Mapleton, Wells, Mansfield, Emmons, Alden, Waldorf, Freeborn, Pemberton, St. Clair, Hartland, New Richland, Janesville, Waseca and Elysian.
What the agency told people to do
Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from windows. These storms are capable of producing damaging winds and large hail.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota since 2008480 a year
- Every warning type in Minnesota
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, June 20265,183 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels