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The Polk County Sheriff’s Office – Emergency Management Division is participating in the state-wide Winter Hazard Awareness Week campaign, which will take place November 15th – 19th, 2021. Winter Hazard Awareness Week is promoted by the Minnesota Department of Public Safety’s Division of Homeland Security Emergency Management. This week allows Minnesotan’s an opportunity to familiarize […]
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Warning until 6:15 p.m. CDT. for Western Red Lake County, Central Polk County, and Southwestern Pennington County. At 5:16 p.m. CDT. a Severe Thunderstorm was located over Crookston moving Northeast at 15 MPH. Wind gusts could be up to 60 MPH with Quarter
The National Weather Service has issued a severe thunderstorm watch for Polk County in effect now until 10:00 P.M. CDT. The watch is mainly issued for the Southeastern part of the county. 18 total counties are included in the watch. IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BECKER, CLEARWATER, KITTSON, MAHNOMEN, MARSHALL, NORMAN, PENNINGTON, POLK, RED LAKE, ROSEAU IN
The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center in Norman, Oklahoma has issued a Severe Thunderstorm Watch for Northern Minnesota until 1:00 a.m. Saturday, July 24. The counties include Polk, Red Lake, Pennington, Norman, Mahnomen, Lake of the Woods, Clearwater, Beltrami, Becker, Cass, Cook, Hubbard, Itasca, and St. Louis counties. A watch means conditions are right
The National Weather Service weather station at the Crookston Airport (the official weather station for Crookston) reported 100 degrees on Friday afternoon. The 100-degree temperature shattered the previous record high of 92 degrees on June 4, 1968. Eldred reported 103 degrees at The 100-degree temperature was the first reported in Crookston since August 3, 1989,
Thursday is the Minnesota Statewide Tornado Drill. Tornadoes are nature’s most intensely violent storm, and Minnesota averages 40 tornadoes per year, although, in 2010, Minnesota led the nation with 113 tornadoes. Crookston Fire Fighter Bob Magsam explains the difference between a tornado watch and a tornado warning. “Let’s start with a couple of terms that
