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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
705 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2026
MNZ001-NDZ027-031230-
WEST POLK MN-GRAND FORKS ND-
705 AM CDT MON AUG 3 2026
...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT NORTHWESTERN POLK AND EASTERN
GRAND FORKS COUNTIES THROUGH 730 AM CDT...
AT 704 AM CDT, DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER
MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF CENTRAL GRAND FORKS COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
AT 45 MPH.
HAZARD...WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...GUSTY WINDS COULD KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND BLOW AROUND
UNSECURED OBJECTS. MINOR HAIL DAMAGE TO VEGETATION IS
POSSIBLE.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
GRAND FORKS, EAST GRAND FORKS, THOMPSON, FISHER, MANVEL, MERRIFIELD,
AND TABOR.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 129 AND 157.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
IF OUTDOORS, CONSIDER SEEKING SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS AND MAY LEAD
TO LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4781 9662 4775 9713 4811 9733 4818 9705
4817 9678
TIME...MOT...LOC 1204Z 256DEG 39KT 4810 9730 4776 9718
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
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