NWS Grand Forks NDSV.W 0171September 3, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 2 more, ND
The National Weather Service office in Grand Forks issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 2 more in North Dakota, which was in force until 1:15 p.m. local time on September 3. It was the 171st severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Grand Forks issued in 2026. North Dakota had 40 severe thunderstorm warnings in September 2026, against 20 in an average September of 2008-2025 (North Dakota's severe thunderstorm warnings by year).
ExpiredWarning
In force for 1 hour; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Grand Forks ND
- Area
- Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 2 more
- State
- North Dakota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:13 p.m. CDT, September 3, 2026
- Expires
- 1:15 p.m. CDT, September 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFGF SV.W 0171
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota since 2008Every warning type in North Dakota
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The notice as issued
SVRFGF The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Grand Forks County in northeastern North Dakota... Eastern Nelson County in northeastern North Dakota... Northwestern Traill County in southeastern North Dakota... Northeastern Griggs County in southeastern North Dakota... Northern Steele County in southeastern North Dakota... * Until 115 PM CDT. * At 1212 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Lakota to 6 miles north of McVille to near Binford, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...70 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. Automated wind sensors are reporting wind gusts up to 70 mph. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect considerable tree damage. Wind damage is also likely to mobile homes, roofs, and outbuildings. * Locations impacted include... Grand Forks AFB, Larimore, Northwood, Hatton, Portland, Golden Lake, and Finley.
What the agency told people to do
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a building.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota since 2008333 a year
- Every warning type in North Dakota
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels