September 12, 2026

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⚠️ Severe Thunderstorm Warning – Wadena, MN – Friday, September 11, 2026

Event Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Severity Severe
Urgency Immediate
Certainty Observed
Area Wadena, MN
Effective 9/11/2026, 7:37:00 PM CDT
Expires 9/11/2026, 8:30:00 PM CDT

Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued September 11 at 7:37PM CDT until September 11 at 8:30PM 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…
Southern Wadena County in central Minnesota…

* Until 830 PM CDT.

* At 737 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Verndale, or
40 miles west of Brainerd, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD…Golf 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, Verndale, Staples Airport, Aldrich, Blue Grass, and Oylen.

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.