⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Polk, MN – Monday, July 6, 2026

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 6 at 4:23PM CDT until July 6 at 5:30PM 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…
Southeastern Polk County in northwestern Minnesota…

* Until 530 PM CDT.

* At 423 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Erskine, or
35 miles south of Thief River Falls, moving east at 30 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.

* Locations impacted include…
Fosston, Fertile, McIntosh, Erskine, Winger, Maple Bay, and Olga.

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.

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.