Damaging wind, hail and possible tornadoes threaten central US
- - Damaging wind, hail and possible tornadoes threaten central US
Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAYAugust 8, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Storms driving damaging winds, large hail and even a couple of tornadoes are threatening the Northern Plains and upper Midwest regions on Aug. 8, forecasters said.
About 5.5 million people live across an area most at risk for strong to severe thunderstorms, including parts of the Dakotas, most of Minnesota and part of Wisconsin, the Storm Prediction Center said. Major cities at risk include Minneapolis, Duluth and St. Paul, Minnesota; Sioux Falls, South Dakota; and Fargo, North Dakota.
The storms are expected to first sweep across parts of North Dakota in the morning before spreading through eastern Minnesota by the evening, and possibly last multiple days, according to the National Weather Service. The end-of-the-week storms come after severe weather was recorded from eastern Montana through North Dakota the night of Aug. 7, with wind gusts above 60 mph, AccuWeather reported.
"Damaging winds may become the primary threat as storms increase and spread eastward through the evening into late tonight," the Storm Prediction Center said in a forecast.
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