860 WWUS63 KMPX 081900 WCNMPX WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 471 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 200 PM CDT WED JUL 8 2026 MNC043-047-049-131-147-161-WIC035-091-093-090300- /O.NEW.KMPX.SV.A.0471.260708T1900Z-260709T0300Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 471 IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 6 COUNTIES IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA FARIBAULT FREEBORN RICE STEELE WASECA IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA GOODHUE IN WISCONSIN THIS WATCH INCLUDES 3 COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE PEPIN PIERCE THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF ALBERT LEA, BLUE EARTH, DURAND, EAU CLAIRE, FARIBAULT, OWATONNA, RED WING, RIVER FALLS, AND WASECA. $$