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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 14, 2025Pennington County, Polk County, Red Lake County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 14, 2025, 10:27 PM CDT for Pennington County, Polk County, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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
Aug 14, 2025, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)
Expired
Aug 14, 2025, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.5 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:28 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 Aug 14, 6:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 6:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 7 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 14, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall37 min
Aug 14, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk47 min
Aug 14, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPennington, Polk66 min
Aug 14, 10:37 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGFPolk3 hr
Aug 14, 11:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake58 min
Aug 15, 7:39 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBarnes36 min
Aug 15, 8:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFCass28 min
Aug 15, 8:56 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFTraill34 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.