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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 26, 2025Grand Forks County, Nelson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 26, 2025, 2:43 AM CDT for Grand Forks County, Nelson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 26, 2025, 2:43 AM CDT (07:43 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2025, 3:15 AM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.75 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Grand Forks County, ND, Nelson County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 25, 11:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 11:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 26, 12:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 26, 12:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 26, 1:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 26, 2:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Norman, Polk	64 min
Jul 26, 5:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker, Clay	58 min
Jul 26, 7:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker, Otter Tail	60 min
Jul 26, 9:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	28 min
Jul 26, 2:10 PM CDT	Heat Advisory	FGF	Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wadena, Wilkin	30 hr
Jul 26, 12:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier, Towner	60 min
Jul 26, 12:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner	63 min
Jul 26, 1:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Eddy	57 min
Jul 26, 1:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier	46 min
Jul 26, 2:03 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey	41 min
Jul 26, 2:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele and 1 more	41 min
Jul 26, 3:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Walsh	29 min
Jul 26, 4:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cass	24 min

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.