⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Otter Tail, MN; Wadena, MN – Monday, August 17, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued August 17 at 5:04PM CDT until August 17 at 6:00PM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND

Details

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The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for…
Southwestern Wadena County in central Minnesota…
Northeastern Otter Tail County in west central Minnesota…

* Until 600 PM CDT.

* At 503 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near New York
Mills, or 27 miles southeast of Detroit Lakes, moving southeast at
25 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…
Wadena, New York Mills, Verndale, Bluffton, and Blue Grass.

Instructions

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

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.