Severe Weather Alert

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I can haz hail.

The National Weather Service has issued a Severe Weather Alert, and it's a doozy.

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
416 PM CDT TUE JUL 21 2009

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  WEST CENTRAL HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 414 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
  PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 3 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF WAVERLY...OR ABOUT 23 MILES NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...
  AND MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  MONTROSE...
  WATERTOWN...
  DELANO...
  INDEPENDENCE...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...PREPARE IMMEDIATELY FOR LARGE
HAIL. SEEK SHELTER NOW INSIDE A STURDY STRUCTURE AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.