⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Bottineau; Rolette; McHenry; Pierce – Monday, September 7, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued September 7 at 10:42AM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND

Details

At 1042 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 6 miles southwest of Souris to 7 miles
west of Drake, or extending from 17 miles west of Bottineau to 29
miles west of Harvey, moving east at 35 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and penny size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Rugby, Bottineau, Dunseith, Rolette, Towner, Granville, Willow
City, Upham, Denbigh, Karlsruhe, Souris, Wolford, Barton City,
Barton, Berwick, Landa, Gardena, Kramer, Balfour and Overly.

Instructions

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with these storms and may lead
to flash flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.