Weather Alerts For Hager City, WI

# SUMMARY -------------------- - Severe Thunderstorm Watch for portions of Southern and Eastern Minnesota Western Wisconsin - Effective this Thursday afternoon and evening from 145 PM until 800 PM CDT. - Primary threats include... Scattered damaging wind gusts to 70 mph possible Scattered large hail events to 1.5 inches in diameter possible A tornado or two possible # DETAILS -------------------- SUMMARY - Storms are expected to intensify through mid/late afternoon initially across southern/central Minnesota, before spreading into western Wisconsin later this afternoon and evening. - The severe thunderstorm watch area is approximately along and 60 statute miles east and west of a line from 20 miles east southeast of Fairmont MN to 60 miles northeast of Saint Cloud MN. For a complete depiction of the watch see the associated watch outline update (WOUS64 KWNS WOU5). AVIATION A few severe thunderstorms with hail surface and aloft to 1.5 inches. Extreme turbulence and surface wind gusts to 60 knots. A few cumulonimbi with maximum tops to 500. Mean storm motion vector 23030. ISSUED AT The NWS Storm Prediction Center has issued a ISSUED BY 534 PM CDT Thu Apr 23 2026 HEADER Watch county notification for watch 135 | National Weather Service Twin Cities/chanhassen MN # PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS -------------------- REMEMBER...A Severe Thunderstorm Watch means conditions are favorable for severe thunderstorms in and close to the watch area. Persons in these areas should be on the lookout for threatening weather conditions and listen for later statements and possible warnings. Severe thunderstorms can and occasionally do produce tornadoes.

There is a Slight Severe Storm Risk for your location. Continue reading for today's outlook from the National Weather Service's Storm Prediction Center. -------------------- National Severe Storm Outlook THERE IS AN ENHANCED RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EASTERN KANSAS...NORTHERN OKLAHOMA SUMMARY Severe thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and evening from the southern and central Plains into the lower to mid Missouri Valley, and upper Mississippi Valley. Tornadoes, large hail and severe wind gusts will be possible. MN/IA to KS/northern OK this afternoon into tonight The interaction of a southeastward moving midlevel trough over southern BC/AB and a northeastward moving trough over the western Dakotas will lead to the formation of a deep closed low over southern SK. An associated, occluding surface cyclone will weaken across southern MB by this evening, as a trailing cold front moves across MN/IA/KS/MO and northern OK. Low-level moisture will spread northward across IA/MN in advance of the cold front, beneath the northeast edge of an elevated mixed layer. Surface heating and the degree of buoyancy may be limited by extensive clouds from IA into MN, and forecast wind profiles show complex/messy hodographs structures (stronger low-level shear lingering across IA). Mixed convective modes are expected along and ahead of the front this afternoon, which could produce occasional wind damage, large hail and perhaps a couple of tornadoes. The more substantial severe threat is expected late this afternoon through late evening from eastern KS into northern OK, near and just northeast of a cold front/dryline triple point and weak secondary cyclone. A midlevel speed max near the Four Corners will progress eastward to the TX Panhandle by this evening, with ascent in the left exit region of the jet coincident with the triple point near or just north of the KS/OK border. An influx of mid 60s boundary-layer dewpoints beneath steep midlevel lapse rates will contribute to MLCAPE of 2000-3000 J/kg, with weakening convective inhibition across KS by mid afternoon. Storm development is expected along the cold front in KS by mid afternoon, with storms expected to develop southward to near the triple point. The large buoyancy, steep midlevel lapse rates and deep-layer shear sufficient for supercells will favor very large hail (2-3 inches in diameter) with the initial/more discrete storms. The tornado threat will peak this evening as low-level shear/hodograph curvature increase near the KS/OK border - there will be strong tornado potential with the anchor/southern supercells near the triple point. Upscale storm growth and cold pool development will favor a more linear convective mode with occasional wind damage as the outflow/effective cold front spreads southeastward into northeast OK and southwest MO overnight. OK dryline this evening Storm development along the dryline in OK is uncertain late this afternoon/evening. Forecast soundings suggest that the degree of surface heating/mixing along the dryline and residence time in the dryline circulation will be close to supporting deep convection. If storms do form, the environment will conditionally favor very large hail initially, and the possibility of an evening tornado threat with any sustained storm.

Pollen Index: 8.2 Pollen Level: medium-high Predominant Pollen: Alder, Poplar/Aspen/Cottonwood and Elm. Concentration of pollen grains in the air for Friday will be rising and extend even further into the extremely high range. This increase is due to strong winds and decreasing humidity. This heavy increase in pollen concentration could very well cause problems for those who are allergic to airborne pollens.