Headline: Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued July 24 at 7:53PM CDT expiring July 24 at 9:00PM CDT by NWS Grand Forks ND

Event: Severe Thunderstorm Warning
Sender Name: NWS Grand Forks ND
Issued: 2013-07-24T19:53:44-05:00
Expires: 2013-07-24T21:00:00-05:00
Description: THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR…
SOUTHEASTERN BECKER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA…
NORTHEASTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA…
WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA…

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 751 PM CDT…A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF
MENAHGA…AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAZARD…QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND 60 MPH WIND GUSTS.

SOURCE…RADAR INDICATED.

IMPACT…HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS…SIDING AND TREES.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR…
MENAHGA AROUND 800 PM CDT.
SEBEKA AROUND 815 PM CDT.
BLUE GRASS AND NIMROD AROUND 830 PM CDT.
OYLEN AROUND 840 PM CDT.

OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE WADENA.
Instruction: LARGE HAIL…DAMAGING WINDS AND CONTINUOUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING
IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM. MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. LIGHTNING
KILLS. REMEMBER…IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER…YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO
BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING.

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

Urgency: Immediate
Severity: Severe
Certainty: Observed
Area Description: Wadena; Otter Tail; Becker