NWS Grand Forks NDSV.W 0201September 11, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Wadena, MN
The National Weather Service office in Grand Forks issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Wadena in Minnesota, which was in force until 8:30 p.m. local time on September 11. It was the 201st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Grand Forks issued in 2026. Minnesota had 58 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 37 in an average September of 2008-2025 (Minnesota's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 53 minutes; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Grand Forks ND
- Area
- Wadena
- State
- Minnesota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 7:37 p.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- Expires
- 8:30 p.m. CDT, September 11, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFGF SV.W 0201
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
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The notice as issued
SVRFGF The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Southern Wadena County in central Minnesota... * Until 830 PM CDT. * At 737 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Verndale, or 40 miles west of Brainerd, moving east at 45 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... Wadena, Verndale, Staples Airport, Aldrich, Blue Grass, and Oylen.
What the agency told people to do
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.
Source: National Weather Service: the notice at its source. The text is the agency's, unedited. A U.S. Government work, in the public domain.