Timing Out the Holiday Storms

Risk of severe storms Independence Day weekend in northeast North Dakota, northwest Minnesota

GRAND FORKS — There’s a slight risk of severe storms Thursday, July 3, into Friday, July 4, throughout northeast North Dakota and northwest Minnesota, according to the National Weather Service of Grand Forks. A weather support packet issued Thursday afternoon said there is a Level 2 out of 5 risk for severe storms Thursday night into early Friday, July 4, followed by a Level 1 risk in the afternoon and evening of Independence Day. Level 1 is a m…

Timing out the holiday storms

Mother nature may well put on her OWN show on Friday evening into the overnight hours as a cold front will slam into the heat and humidity of the daytime hours.  First off though, we do have a chance for severe storms THURSDAY night into the NC and NE parts of North Dakota : Storms will develop in Western ND in the evening then race northeastward into Devils lake basin then into NW Minnesota.  Main threat would be damaging winds and hail. Then o…