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Heat Advisory 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 22, 20076 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this heat advisory at Jul 22, 2007, 5:06 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota; 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 22, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 22, 2007, 5:06 PM CDT (22:06 UTC)
In effect from
Jul 22, 2007, 6:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jul 22, 2007, 8:53 PM CDT
In force
3 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 13 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 271 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2007-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4220 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2007-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -59 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
4220 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-274 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1260 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
13 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-59 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-29 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this heat advisory went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this heat advisory went out at Jul 22, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 3:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 7:06 AM CDT, 10 hours before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
706 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007

MNZ001-002-004>009-013>016-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-054-
231215-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-
EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-
NORTH CLEARWATER-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-
WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
706 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AFTERNOON HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 105 THIS AFTERNOONN WILL OCCUR. IF
OUTDOORS FOR EXTENDED PERIODS THIS AFTERNOON DRINK PLENTY OF
LIQUIDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID WEATHER FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL
BRING HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 105 EACH AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MNZ003-017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-231215-
CLAY-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-
EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-
BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
706 AM CDT SUN JUL 22 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND
SOUTH OF A FARGO TO BEMIDJI LINE. A FEW STORMS MAY APPROACH SEVERE
LIMITS WITH SMALL HAIL. LOCALLY UP TO 2 INCHES OF RAIN MAY OCCUR.
THE STORMS WILL EXIT THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON MAKING WAY FOR HOT
AND HUMID CONDITIONS WITH HEAT INDICES IN THE 95 TO 105 RANGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

CONTINUED HOT AND HUMID WEATHER FOR MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY WILL
BRING HEAT INDICES OF 95 TO 105 EACH AFTERNOON. NO HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

DTR

In the hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 8:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods33 min
Jul 22, 8:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami17 min
Jul 22, 8:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Nelson55 min
Jul 22, 9:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFSteele60 min
Jul 22, 9:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs67 min
Jul 22, 10:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFSteele50 min
Jul 22, 10:38 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTraill36 min
Jul 22, 10:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass53 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in North Dakota, 2007Heat Advisories in Minnesota, 2007Every heat advisory in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.