NWS Grand Forks NDSV.W 0059June 29, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Becker, Otter Tail and Wadena, MN
The National Weather Service office in Grand Forks issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Becker, Otter Tail and Wadena in Minnesota, which was in force until 11:30 a.m. local time on June 29. It was the 59th severe thunderstorm warning the NWS office in Grand Forks issued in 2026. Minnesota had 141 severe thunderstorm warnings in June 2026, against 119 in an average June 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
- Becker, Otter Tail and Wadena
- State
- Minnesota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 10:37 a.m. CDT, June 29, 2026
- Expires
- 11:30 a.m. CDT, June 29, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFGF SV.W 0059
- Official source
- National Weather Service: the notice at its source
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota since 2008Every warning type in Minnesota
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The notice as issued
SVRFGF The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a * Severe Thunderstorm Warning for... Wadena County in central Minnesota... Otter Tail County in west central Minnesota... Southeastern Becker County in northwestern Minnesota... * Until 1130 AM CDT. * At 1036 AM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Vergas to Ottertail to near Millerville, moving east at 65 mph. HAZARD...Ping pong 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, Perham, Ottertail Lake, Menahga, New York Mills, Parkers Prairie, and Battle Lake.
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.
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The record around this notice
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota since 2008480 a year
- Every warning type in Minnesota
- Severe Thunderstorm Warning: what it means, and the states that get the most20,005 a year
- NWS notices, June 20265,183 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels