Potential Derecho Threatens Northern Plains, Residents Urged to Stay Alert

Listeners, no derechos or widespread destructive windstorms from lines of rapidly moving thunderstorms have struck the United States in the past seven days as of February 10, 2026. According to AOL Weather reports, forecasters are eyeing a potential intense cluster of storms that could evolve into a derecho across the Northern Plains today, Monday, with wind gusts over 75 mph, possible tornadoes, and large hail from South Dakota through southwest Minnesota and northwest Iowa, hitting areas like Aberdeen, Watertown, Sioux Falls, and possibly reaching Minneapolis-St. Paul by tonight. This line of thunderstorms is tracking along the northern edge of a heat dome bringing hot temperatures to the central U.S., and it meets derecho criteria of winds over 400 miles long and 60 miles wide with damage to trees, structures, and power outages. It would mark the second such event this summer in the region, following a late June storm with 106 mph gusts in North Dakota and northern Minnesota. No confirmed occurrences or social media buzz report actual events in the queried timeframe, and other recent weather like Winter Storm Fern's ice damage in Nashville or a Lake Erie ice crack on February 8 don't qualify as derechos. Stay alert if you're in the path, with safe shelter plans and weather alerts ready, as National Weather Service warnings could issue soon.

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