Special Weather Statement issued May 17 at 5:50PM CDT by NWS Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN

[NWS]

At 550 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a cluster of strong thunderstorms near Olivia, or 13 miles north of Redwood Falls, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Olivia, Bird Island, Danube, and Bechyn. This includes the following highways... U.S. Highway 212 between mile markers 70 and 89. U.S. Highway 71 between mile markers 90 and 103.

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