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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 13, 2026Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 13, 2026, 3:47 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min. 4 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued: Apr 13, 2026, 3:47 PM CDT (20:47 UTC)
Expired: Apr 13, 2026, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon
Damage threat: Considerable
Hail: 1.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Apr 13, 3:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	5 Nw Hader, MN	Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.).
Apr 13, 3:56 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	6 S Cannon Falls, MN	Report from mPING: Ping Pong Ball (1.50 in.).
Apr 13, 3:57 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 S Cannon Falls, MN	Report from mPING: Quarter (1.00 in.).
Apr 13, 4:25 PM CDT	HAIL 1.5	2 Ne Dennison, MN

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Apr 13, 3:11 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 8 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -259 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1506 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 124 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

909 
WUUS53 KMPX 132047
SVRMPX
MNC049-132130-
/O.NEW.KMPX.SV.W.0003.260413T2047Z-260413T2130Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
347 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026

The National Weather Service in the Twin Cities has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Goodhue County in southeastern Minnesota...

* Until 430 PM CDT.

* At 347 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 9 miles south of
  Cannon Falls, or 13 miles east of Northfield, moving east at 25
  mph.

  HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Trained spotters reported golf ball size hail.

  IMPACT...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...
  Kenyon, Stanton, Bombay, Cannon Falls, Wastedo, Wanamingo, Hader,
  Zumbrota, Vasa, Goodhue, Welch, Red Wing, Bellechester, Wacouta,
  Frontenac State Park, Frontenac and Central Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Anyone outdoors should move to shelter inside a well-built structure
and stay away from windows. This storm has produced dangerous hail
and is capable of producing damaging winds.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT Monday for a
portion of southeast Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4447 9304 4454 9287 4454 9279 4457 9279
      4465 9263 4462 9262 4460 9257 4457 9255
      4458 9252 4455 9233 4449 9229 4445 9224
      4445 9243 4437 9243 4437 9255 4422 9255
      4421 9304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 247DEG 20KT 4439 9293

THUNDERSTORM DAMAGE THREAT...CONSIDERABLE
HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.75 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Dunleavy

1 follow-up statement

041 
WWUS53 KMPX 132102
SVSMPX

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
402 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026

MNC049-132130-
/O.CON.KMPX.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-260413T2130Z/
Goodhue MN-
402 PM CDT Mon Apr 13 2026

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR
GOODHUE COUNTY...

At 402 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of
Cannon Falls, or 16 miles southwest of Red Wing, moving northeast at
20 mph.

HAZARD...Ping pong ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Trained spotters reported ping pong size hail 6 miles south
         of Cannon Falls.

IMPACT...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...
  Kenyon, Bombay, Stanton, Wanamingo, Wastedo, Cannon Falls, Hader,
  Zumbrota, Vasa, Goodhue, Red Wing, Welch, Wacouta, Frontenac State
  Park, Bellechester, Frontenac and Central Point.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Seek shelter inside a well-built structure and stay away from
windows. This storm is capable of producing damaging winds and has
produced large hail.

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT Monday for a
portion of southeast Minnesota.

&&

LAT...LON 4447 9304 4454 9287 4454 9279 4457 9279
      4465 9263 4462 9262 4460 9257 4457 9255
      4458 9252 4455 9233 4449 9229 4445 9225
      4445 9243 4437 9243 4437 9255 4426 9255
      4424 9304
TIME...MOT...LOC 2047Z 239DEG 19KT 4440 9292

HAIL THREAT...OBSERVED
MAX HAIL SIZE...1.50 IN
WIND THREAT...RADAR INDICATED
MAX WIND GUST...60 MPH

$$

Dunleavy

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 3:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	41 min
Apr 13, 3:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	MPX	Rice	35 min
Apr 13, 3:55 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Rice	35 min
Apr 13, 4:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Goodhue	58 min
Apr 13, 4:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Goodhue	61 min
Apr 13, 5:01 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Goodhue	5 hr
Apr 13, 5:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	53 min
Apr 13, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	48 min
Apr 13, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet	50 min
Apr 13, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Martin, Watonwan	47 min
Apr 13, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice	61 min
Apr 13, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet	56 min
Apr 13, 6:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Le Sueur, Rice	65 min
Apr 13, 6:28 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin	47 min
Apr 13, 6:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	65 min
Apr 13, 6:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Watonwan	58 min
Apr 13, 6:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Watonwan	67 min
Apr 13, 6:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Rice, Steele, Waseca	42 min
Apr 13, 6:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	53 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.