| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | St. Louis, MN |
| Effective | 8/17/2026, 5:57:00 PM CDT |
| Expires | 8/17/2026, 7:00:00 PM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 5:57PM CDT until August 17 at 7:00PM CDT by NWS Duluth MN
Details
SVRDLH
The National Weather Service in Duluth MN has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southern St. Louis County in northeastern Minnesota…
* Until 700 PM CDT.
* At 557 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near Mountain Iron to near Buhl to near Hibbing,
moving east at 40 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage
to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Severe thunderstorms will be near…
Hibbing, Virginia, Eveleth, Mountain Iron, Gilbert, and Cherry
around 605 PM CDT.
Biwabik around 615 PM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Cotton, Whiteface Reservoir, Fairbanks and Wolf Lake.
Instructions
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.
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