| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Mahnomen, MN; Norman, MN |
| Effective | 7/6/2026, 6:01:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 7/6/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 6 at 6:01PM CDT until July 6 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND
Details
SVRFGF
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Northeastern Norman County in northwestern Minnesota…
Western Mahnomen County in northwestern Minnesota…
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 600 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gary, or 42
miles northwest of Detroit Lakes, moving southeast at 15 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…
Mahnomen, Gary, Bejou, Faith, Waukon, Ranum, and Flaming.
Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature’s leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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