NWS Grand Forks NDSV.W 0172September 3, 2026
Severe Thunderstorm Warning: Norman, Polk, Grand Forks and 2 more, MN and ND
The National Weather Service office in Grand Forks issued a severe thunderstorm warning for Norman, Polk, Grand Forks and 2 more in Minnesota, North Dakota, which was in force until 2:00 p.m. local time on September 3. It was the 172nd 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 1.1 hours; it has expired. The agency may have replaced it with a new notice.
The notice
- Issued by
- National Weather Service, Grand Forks ND
- Area
- Norman, Polk, Grand Forks and 2 more
- State
- Minnesota
- Level
- Warning
- Issued
- 12:53 p.m. CDT, September 3, 2026
- Expires
- 2:00 p.m. CDT, September 3, 2026
- CAP severity, certainty, urgency
- Severe, Observed, Immediate
- VTEC event
- KFGF SV.W 0172
- 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... Northwestern Norman County in northwestern Minnesota... Western Polk County in northwestern Minnesota... Grand Forks County in northeastern North Dakota... Traill County in southeastern North Dakota... Northeastern Steele County in southeastern North Dakota... * Until 200 PM CDT. * At 1253 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from Orr to near Northwood to near Sherbrooke, moving east at 50 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, East Grand Forks, Crookston, Grand Forks AFB, Mayville, Ada, and Hillsboro. This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 102 and 159.
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 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, September 20262,824 in the month
- The latest from the National Weather Service
- Warning, watch or advisory: the three NWS levels