⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Clay; Barnes; Cass – Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 12 at 2:16AM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND

Details

At 215 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Oriska, or 12 miles east of Valley City, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch 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…
Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo, Dilworth, Horace, Casselton, and
Mapleton.

This includes the following highways…
Interstate 29 between mile markers 50 and 82.
Interstate 94 in North Dakota between mile markers 302 and 352.
Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 1 and 7.

Instructions

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

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