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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 3, 2026Benson County, Eddy County, Ramsey County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 3, 2026, 11:06 AM CDT for Benson County, Eddy County, Ramsey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 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: Sep 3, 2026, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2026, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 54 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Benson County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Ramsey County, ND

The radar

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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 Sep 2, 1:55 PM CDT, 21 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 2, 1:55 PM CDT, 21 hours 11 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
Sep 3, 12:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Norman, Polk	67 min
Sep 3, 1:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	56 min
Sep 3, 2:26 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Polk	3 hr
Sep 3, 2:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Mahnomen, Marshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	66 min
Sep 3, 3:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman	44 min
Sep 3, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	61 min
Sep 3, 3:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Roseau	67 min
Sep 3, 3:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau	67 min
Sep 3, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail and 2 more	59 min
Sep 3, 4:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater	54 min
Sep 3, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard	55 min
Sep 3, 6:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail, Wilkin	55 min
Sep 3, 11:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh	59 min
Sep 3, 12:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele, Traill	62 min
Sep 3, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Griggs, Steele	65 min
Sep 3, 2:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Steele, Traill	53 min
Sep 3, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	35 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.