Minnesota Severe Severe Thunderstorm Watch | Effective 06/29/2026 16:34

Headline: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch issued June 29 at 6:34PM CDT until June 30 at 12:00AM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
Event: 
Severe Thunderstorm Watch
Urgency: 
Future
Effective: 
June 29, 2026 - 4:34pm
Expires: 
June 29, 2026 - 10:00pm
Description: 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 417 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 23 COUNTIES IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA BENTON KANDIYOHI MCLEOD MEEKER MORRISON RENVILLE SHERBURNE SIBLEY STEARNS TODD WRIGHT IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA MILLE LACS IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BROWN NICOLLET WATONWAN IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA REDWOOD IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CHIPPEWA DOUGLAS LAC QUI PARLE POPE STEVENS SWIFT YELLOW MEDICINE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALEXANDRIA, BENSON, ELK RIVER, GAYLORD, GLENWOOD, GRANITE FALLS, HUTCHINSON, LITCHFIELD, LITTLE FALLS, LONG PRAIRIE, MADISON, MONTEVIDEO, MONTICELLO, MORRIS, NEW ULM, OLIVIA, PRINCETON, REDWOOD FALLS, SAUK RAPIDS, ST CLOUD, ST JAMES, ST PETER, AND WILLMAR.
Area Description: 
Benton, MN; Brown, MN; Chippewa, MN; Douglas, MN; Kandiyohi, MN; Lac qui Parle, MN; McLeod, MN; Meeker, MN; Mille Lacs, MN; Morrison, MN; Nicollet, MN; Pope, MN; Redwood, MN; Renville, MN; Sherburne, MN; Sibley, MN; Stearns, MN; Stevens, MN; Swift, MN; Todd, MN; Watonwan, MN; Wright, MN; Yellow Medicine, MN
Forcast Office: 
NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN