⚠️ Special Weather Statement – Renville; Mountrail; Northwest Ward; Central and Southern Ward/Minot Area – Sunday, August 23, 2026

Special Weather Statement issued August 23 at 5:12PM CDT by NWS Bismarck ND

Details

At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a line of strong
thunderstorms extending from 6 miles northeast of Donnybrook to over
Rice Lake, or extending from 32 miles northeast of Stanley to 22
miles southwest of Minot, moving east at 30 mph.

HAZARD…Wind gusts up to 40 mph and nickel size hail.

SOURCE…Radar indicated.

IMPACT…Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.

Locations impacted include…
Minot, Minot Air Force Base, Burlington, Berthold, Des Lacs,
Carpio, Makoti, Foxholm, Rice Lake, Donnybrook, Grano, Hartland and
Tagus.

Instructions

Monitor the weather situation closely and be alert for threatening
weather conditions.

This alert was automatically posted by SkyGuard, MWSC’s severe weather alerting system. Source: National Weather Service.