Red Flag Warning

from THU 7:00 AM CDT until FRI 9:00 PM CDT, Traverse County, Big Stone County

Red Flag Warning

from THU 10:00 AM CDT until THU 7:00 PM CDT, Pipestone County, Cottonwood County, Murray County, Nobles County, Jackson County, Rock County, Lincoln County, Lyon County, Redwood County, Swift County, Douglas County, Brown County, Kandiyohi County, Lac Qui Parle County, Stevens County, Martin County, Yellow Medicine County, Pope County, Renville County, Watonwan County

Red Flag Warning

from THU 9:00 AM CDT until THU 10:00 PM CDT, East Polk County, West Otter Tail County, Mahnomen County, West Polk County, West Becker County, Clay County, East Marshall County, East Becker County, Roseau County, Kittson County, North Clearwater County, Wilkin County, East Otter Tail County, South Clearwater County, Grant County, Pennington County, Norman County, Red Lake County, West Marshall County

Fire Weather Watch

from FRI 9:00 AM CDT until FRI 9:00 PM CDT, West Becker County, East Otter Tail County, Pennington County, East Marshall County, Clay County, Hubbard County, West Otter Tail County, West Marshall County, Kittson County, Red Lake County, West Polk County, Roseau County, East Polk County, Grant County, Norman County, Wadena County, North Clearwater County, Wilkin County, North Beltrami County, South Beltrami County, East Becker County, South Clearwater County, Mahnomen County, Lake Of The Woods County

Fire Weather Watch

from FRI 11:00 AM CDT until FRI 9:00 PM CDT, Stearns County, Wright County, Stevens County, Mille Lacs County, Sherburne County, Lac Qui Parle County, Benton County, Pope County, Chisago County, Kandiyohi County, Morrison County, Yellow Medicine County, Renville County, McLeod County, Todd County, Isanti County, Douglas County, Swift County, Redwood County, Meeker County, Kanabec County

Fire Weather Watch

from FRI 9:00 AM CDT until FRI 7:00 PM CDT, Murray County, Lyon County, Lincoln County, Pipestone County

Fire Weather Watch

from FRI 12:00 PM CDT until FRI 9:00 PM CDT, Koochiching County, North Cass County, North Itasca County, South Itasca County, South Cass County, Carlton/South St. Louis Counties, Central St. Louis County, Crow Wing County, South Aitkin County, Pine County, Northern Aitkin County, Barron County, Polk County, Burnett County, Douglas County, Washburn County

Lightning strikes unusually close to the North Pole

By Cody Matz, FOX 9

Published August 14, 2019 9:48am CDT

FOX 9 Minneapolis-St. Paul

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Satellite imagery around the time lightning strikes were observed just a few hundred miles from the North Pole.