| Event | Severe Thunderstorm Warning |
| Severity | Severe |
| Urgency | Immediate |
| Certainty | Observed |
| Area | Clay, MN; Cass, ND |
| Effective | 8/12/2026, 2:59:00 AM CDT |
| Expires | 8/12/2026, 3:45:00 AM CDT |
Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 12 at 2:59AM CDT until August 12 at 3:45AM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND
Details
SVRFGF
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Western Clay County in northwestern Minnesota…
Eastern Cass County in southeastern North Dakota…
* Until 345 AM CDT.
* At 259 AM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Mapleton, or
10 miles west of Fargo, moving east at 45 mph.
HAZARD…60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail.
SOURCE…Radar indicated.
IMPACT…Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.
* Locations impacted include…
Fargo, Moorhead, West Fargo, Dilworth, Horace, Mapleton, and
Harwood.
This includes the following highways…
Interstate 29 between mile markers 56 and 78.
Interstate 94 in North Dakota between mile markers 335 and 352.
Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 1 and 7.
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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