Tornado Warning St. Cloud Metro Area Until 6:45 pm

Tornado Warning! Details from the National Weather Service:

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
620 PM CDT FRI JUL 1 2011

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 617 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A
  TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR ROCKVILLE...
  OR ABOUT 2 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PLEASANT LAKE...AND MOVING NORTH AT
  40 MPH.

* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
  ST CLOUD...
  PLEASANT LAKE...
  LUXEMBURG...
  COLD SPRING...
  ST JOSEPH...
  WAITE PARK...
  COLLEGEVILLE...
  SAUK RAPIDS...
  SARTELL...
  ST STEPHEN...
  PARENT...
  MAYHEW...
  RICE...
  GILMAN...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...IT MEANS THAT
STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY
BE ON THE GROUND...OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.