Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Grand Forks, ND

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WWUS53 KFGF 270428
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1128 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

MNC007-029-270500-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0154.000000T0000Z-070827T0500Z/
CLEARWATER MN-BELTRAMI MN-
1128 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR CENTRAL BELTRAMI AND NORTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTIES...

AT 1128 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL...
AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 80 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES SOUTH OF JELLE TO 7 MILES EAST
OF BERNER TO NEAR SAUM...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SHOTLEY AND OTTO BY 1135 PM CDT...
  SAUM BY 1145 PM CDT...
  PONEMAH AND RED LAKE BY 1150 PM CDT...
  GONVICK BY 1155 PM CDT...

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM CDT MONDAY MORNING FOR
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4817 9556 4793 9557 4769 9553 4784 9445
      4808 9445 4830 9447

$$

DK/CS

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1052 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

.UPDATE...
COORD WITH SPC...SUPERCELLS WEAKENING NOW...BUT VERY UNSTABLE YET
AHD OF BOUNDARY COULD CONTINUE STORMS. BUT STORMS HAVE BECOME MORE
OUTFLOW DOMINATE SO CONTINUED WEAKENING TREND LIKELY. COORD WITH
DLH/SPC AND BIS WAS TO GO WITH A LOCAL EXTENSION OF TOR WATCH TIL
06Z (ADDITIONAL TWO HOURS) FOR A SMALL AREAS OF EAST CENTRAL ND
INTO MN  MAINLY BTWN GFK/FAR TO CKN-FSE.

&&

.PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 934 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007/

UPDATE...
DID DROP TOR WATCH FOR DVL REGION AS TROUGH EAST OF THEM AND SKIES
CLEARING. BROKEN LINE OF SUPERCELLS FROM SE MANITOBA ACROSS ROSEAU
AREA TO GRAND FORKS THEN TO WEST OF LA MOURE AREA. EACH OF THESE
CELLS HAVE BEEN TORNADIC AT TIMES...WITH DAMAGE REPORTED IN
NORTHWOOD ND. HARD TO GET A FEEL OF WHAT TO EXPECT OVERNIGHT AS
LOW LEVEL JET FOCUS IS MORE INTO THE THUNDER BAY ONTARIO AREA AND
NE MN... HOWEVER ALONG AND JUST AHD OF TROUGH VERY UNSTABLE
STILL SO STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE....BUT NOT SURE IF THEY WILL
MAINTAIN STRENGTH.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 539 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007/

UPDATE...
UPDATED ZFP/GRIDDS FOR TOR WATCH TIL 04Z FOR MUCH OF ERN ND AND NW
MN. PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH WELL DEFINED NR A LANGDON-DVL-NEW ROCKFORD
LINE...THEN SOUTHWEST TO JUST EAST OF BISMARCK. EAST OF BOUNDARY
AIRMASS VERY UNSTABLE WITH CAPE VALUES OVER 4000 J/KG AS AIRMASS
HAS HEATED OUT TO THE UPPER 80S AND DEW PTS HAVE CLIMBED INTO THE
UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S. CIN VALUES STILL THERE BUT WEAKENING.
BEST UPPER SUPPORT ALONG CANADIAN BORDER AND WOULD EXPECT BEST CHC
FOR SVR IN NRN VALLEY WITH MORE DISCRETE CELLS SOUTHWEST ALONG THE
PRE-FRONTAL TROUGH INTO SOUTH CENTRAL ND. DEVELOPMENT POISED TO
TAKE PLACE 23Z-00Z TIME FRAME IT APPEARS. HOW ORGANIZED AND
WIDESPREAD SVR IS AND WHAT FORM (TORNADIC/HAIL/WIND THREAT)
REMAINS TO BE SEEN. LOW LEVEL 850 MB JET FOCUSES MORE OVER ERN MN
OVERNIGHT WITH LEFT QUAD IN WCNTRL AND SE ND. SO WOULD THINK
ORGANIZATION INTO A COMPLEX IS PSBL OVERNIGHT AS IT MOVES INTO SE
ND/WCNTRL MN. AS FOR TORNADIC POTENTIAL....LOW LEVEL SHEAR NOT THE
BEST....AS SFC WINDS SOUTHERLY WITH SOUTHWEST WINDS JUST OFF THE
SFC. PREFER TO SEE A MORE SOUTHEAST WIND FOR BEST POTENTIAL...BUT
SUCH INSTABILITY IN THE ATMOSPHERE WOULD ARGUE FOR SUPERCELLS.PER
SPC LARGE HAIL THREAT APPEARS VERY HIGH DUE TO FAIRLY STEEP LAPSE
RATES 700-500 MB.

PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 306 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007/

SHORT TERM (SUN NIGHT - WED)... FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR THE NEAR
SHORT TERM WILL BE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE TONIGHT AS A COLD
FRONT PUSHES THROUGH THE CWA. AS OF 19Z... THE COLD FRONT APPEARS
TO BE IN THE WEST CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE...EXTENDING FROM
NEAR MINOT TO THE DICKINSON AREA.

THERE IS STILL GOOD SOUTHERLY FLOW THROUGH EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
WITH DEW POINTS INTO THE UPPER 60S TO LOW 70S IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER
OF MY CWA. HOWEVER...SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE CWA IS STILL CAPPED.
FOR THE NORTHERN PORTION...MAINLY THE NORTHERN VALLEY REGION...18Z
RUC IS PROGGING BY 00Z A 40KT TO 50KT LLJ WITH STRONG WAA JUST
NORTH OF THE BORDER. 19Z VIS SATELLITE IS SHOWING CU START TO POP
IN THIS REGION...WHICH IS JUST EAST OF A QUITE STRONG SHOWALTERS
GRADIENT...WITH VALUES IN THE NORTHERN VALLEY AROUND NEG 6 BY 00Z.
THUS...THIS AREA APPEARS TO HAVE THE GREATEST THREAT FOR
CONVECTION THIS EVENING...WITH SEVERE CERTAINLY A POTENTIAL AS
INDICATED WITH SPC DAY 1 OUTLOOK (15% CHANCE OF SEVERE HAIL).

FRONT SHOULD PUSH INTO THE MINNESOTA SIDE OF THE CWA AFTER 06Z...WHILE
A SECOND LOW DEVELOPS OVER WESTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. THIS LOW WILL
PUSH EASTWARD OVER SD TONIGHT. GFS AND NAM BOTH SHOW A BAND OF DECENT
H700 FRONTOGENETIC FORCING FORM ACROSS THE CWA FROM THE SW TO THE
NE BY 18Z MONDAY...WITH A VORT MAX PUSHING ACROSS THE STATE.
THUS...BEST QPF WILL BE IN THE EAST MONDAY AS THE WAVE MOVES OVER
THE SFC BOUNDARY IN CNTRL MN. INCLUDED SEVERE WORDING FOR THE EAST
PM MONDAY AFTERNOON AS WELL. SFC BOUNDARY WILL PUSH OUT OF THE CWA
TOMORROW EVENING...AND NORTHWESTERLY FLOW WILL BRING A RETURN OF
MORE SEASONAL LIKE TEMPS.

LONG TERM (THU - SAT)...LONG RANGE MODELS CONTINUE IN FAIR AGREEMENT
IN RAISING HEIGHTS AS FLATTENING MID LEVEL RIDGE SHIFTS OVER FA.
SOME TIMING DIFFERENCES WITH APPROACHING SURFACE BOUNDARY HOWEVER
LOW END POPS SEEM REASONABLE AS BOUNDARY EVENTUALLY SHIFTS EAST
INTO REGION FOR PORTION OF HOLIDAY WEEKEND. BASED ON THICKNESS AND
THERMAL VALUES TEMPERATURES SHOULD RISE ABOVE SEASONAL AVERAGES BY
THE WEEKEND.

AVIATION...VFR. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF ISOLD TSRA DEVELOPING
OVER FAR NW-N FORECAST AREA THIS EVENING PROPAGATING EASTWARD ACROSS
NORTHERN MN OVERNIGHT.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

RIDDLE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
630 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-271130-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
630 AM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS NORTH OF A LINE
FROM VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA TO BEMIDJI MINNESOTA THIS EVENING
AND OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.
AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EAST OF A LINE
FROM ROSEAU MINNESOTA TO VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA ON MONDAY. THE
MAIN THREAT IS LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH AN
ISOLATED TORNADO.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY.

TG

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
948 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0944 PM     TSTM WND DMG     MIDDLE RIVER            48.44N 96.16W
08/26/2007                   MARSHALL           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            3 TO 5 INCH DIAMETER TREE BRANCHES DOWN AND 1/2 INCH HAIL

&&

MEWENS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
959 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0955 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     1 SE NEWFOLDEN          48.35N 96.31W
08/26/2007                   MARSHALL           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED BY SPOOTERS NEAR VIKING LOOKING NORTHEAST

&&

MEWENS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1001 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0933 PM     HAIL             GRAND FORKS             47.92N 97.07W
08/26/2007  E0.75 INCH       GRAND FORKS        ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

AMHOMANN

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1007 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1007 PM     HAIL             3 N CLIMAX              47.65N 96.81W
08/26/2007  E1.00 INCH       POLK               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

MEWENS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1011 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1010 PM     TSTM WND DMG     8 N CLIMAX              47.72N 96.81W
08/26/2007                   POLK               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            POSSIBLE TORNADO. 2 - 100 FT POLE BARNS DESTROYED.

&&

MEWENS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1050 PM CDT SUN AUG 26 2007

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 PM     HAIL             HATTON                  47.64N 97.46W
08/26/2007  E0.88 INCH       TRAILL             ND   AMATEUR RADIO

&&

AMHOMANN