Headline:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 6 at 5:02PM CDT until July 6 at 5:30PM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND
Event:
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Urgency:
Immediate
Effective:
July 6, 2026 - 3:02pm
Expires:
July 6, 2026 - 3:30pm
Description:
At 502 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Fosston, or 38
miles west of Bemidji, moving east at 30 mph.
HAZARD...Golf ball size hail and 60 mph wind gusts.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...People and animals outdoors will be injured. Expect hail
damage to roofs, siding, windows, and vehicles. Expect wind
damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
Locations impacted include...
Fosston, McIntosh, Winger, and Olga.
Instruction:
Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
Area Description:
Polk, MN
Forcast Office:
NWS Grand Forks ND
Sender: