SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ISSUED FOR NORTHWESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…

IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA:

  • RED LAKE COUNTY
  • NORMAN COUNTY
  • POLK COUNTY 

IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

  • SOUTHWESTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY
  • MAHNOMEN COUNTY

IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA:

  • NORTH CENTRAL BECKER COUNTY
  • PENNINGTON COUNTY
  • CLEARWATER COUNTY
  • GRAND FORKS COUNTY

IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA:

  • TRAILL COUNTY
  • EAST CENTRAL GRIGGS COUNTY
  • STEELE COUNTY
    * UNTIL 1:45 A.M. CDT.

AT 12:43 A.M. CDT, SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ALVARADO TO NEAR REYNOLDS TO 6
MILES NORTHEAST OF HOPE, MOVING EAST AT 85 MPH. THESE ARE DESTRUCTIVE STORMS.

HAZARD…80 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT…FLYING DEBRIS WILL BE DANGEROUS TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT
SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED. EXPECT CONSIDERABLE DAMAGE TO ROOFS, WINDOWS, AND VEHICLES. EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES ARE LIKELY.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR:
REYNOLDS, BUXTON AND THOMPSON AROUND 12:45 A.M. CDT.
TABOR, SHERACK AND ROSEVILLE AROUND 12:50 A.M. CDT.
ELDRED, ANGUS AND BLANCHARD AROUND 12:55 A.M. CDT.
HILLSBORO AROUND 1:00 A.M. CDT.
OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE
HAROLD, KELSO AND GREENVIEW.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 94 AND 159.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS…
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING