Severe Thunderstorm Warning 262, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Aug 8, 2001, 1:39 AM CDT (06:39 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2001, 2:00 AM CDT

In force

21 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clay County, MN

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS53 KFGF 080640
SVRFAR
MNC027-080700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
139 AM CDT WED AUG 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN CLAY COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 200 AM CDT.

* AT 133 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF AVERILL...OR ABOUT 11 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF FARGO...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  AVERILL AT 140 AM...
  FELTON AT 145 AM...
  HAWLEY AT 150 AM AND
  ULEN AT 155 AM.

* A WIND GUST TO 54 MPH WAS REPORTED AT FARGO HECTOR 
  FIELD AIRPORT AT 133 AM CDT.

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM WEDNESDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM
WEDNESDAY MORNING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4709 9674 4682 9674 4682 9624 4712 9619


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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 7, 8:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
825 PM CDT TUE AUG 7 2001

FCST CHALLENGE OVERNIGHT...COVERAGE/INTENSITY AND LOCATION OF CONVECTION.

EARLY EVE SFC MAP SHOWS LOW IN SE SASK WITH WARM FRONT INTO FAR SRN
MB AND TROUGH THROUGH FAR ERN MT.  ACTUAL COLD FRONT FARTHER WEST
DROPPING SOUTH THROUGH SRN ALBERTA.  SATELLITE ALONG WITH 70H TEMPS
WOULD INDICATE NRN EDGE OF CAP EXTENDS JUST NORTH OF A BIS-FAR-BJI
LINE.  SFC MAP ALSO SHOWS WK TROUGH ALONG THIS AXIS AS WELL.

FIRST BATCH OF ELEVATED WEAK CONVECTION THAT WAS NR MINOT LATE
THIS AFTN HAS MOVED EAST AND FALLEN APART AS IT APPROACHED WRN
CWFA.  STRONGER TSRA THAT GOT GOING IN ERN MT NOW MOVING EAST AND
LOCATED BTWN MOT/BIS.  NO SVR YET.  18Z MESO ETA INDICATES 35-40KT
LOW LEVEL JET WILL GET GOING BY 06Z WITH NOSE IN NCNTRL ND AND THEN
IT MOVES OVR THE NE ND/NW MN AND SRN IN THE 09-12Z TIME FRAME.  THUS
EXPECT SOME EVOLUTION OF TSRA IN WRN ND/ERN MT INTO A LARGER COMPLEX
AS THE NIGHT PROGRESSES.

GOING FCST AND BREAKUP LOOK GOOD WITH HIGHEST POPS NRN ZONES (NORTH
OF TROUGH) AND NO POPS IN THE FAR SOUTH WHERE CAP WILL REMAIN.

AS FOR THE HEAT ADVISORY...MUCH OF ERN ND AND A FEW PLACES IN NW MN
REACHED 105F LATE THIS AFTN...AND WITH DEW PTS CLIMBING INTO THE
UPPER 70S OVERNIGHT EXPECT HEAT INDICES TO REMAIN ABV 80F TONIGHT.
THUS WILL MAINTAIN CURRENT HEAT ADVISORY LOCATION FOR TONIGHT.

WILL RE-ISSUE NEW NPWFAR AND ZONES SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM.

.FGF...HEAT ADVISORY ALL CWFA EXCEPT WC MN TONIGHT.

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