Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Grand Forks, ND

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WWUS53 KFGF 271858
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
156 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

MNC051-271915-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-070827T1915Z/
GRANT MN-
156 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 215 PM CDT
FOR GRANT COUNTY...

AT 156 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE STORM
WAS LOCATED 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ELBOW LAKE...OR 26 MILES SOUTH OF 
FERGUS FALLS...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM PRODUCED
PING PONG SIZED HAIL ON THE EAST SIDE OF WHEATON IN TRAVERSE 
COUNTY...MINNESOTA.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  ERDAHL BY 205 PM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4594 9626 4577 9625 4584 9577 4610 9578

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SPEICHER

000 
WWUS53 KFGF 271913
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
213 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

MNC051-271923-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0160.000000T0000Z-070827T1915Z/
GRANT MN-
213 PM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR GRANT COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT
215 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND SO THE
WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 215 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4594 9626 4577 9625 4584 9577 4610 9578

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
940 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

FORECAST CHALLENGE CONCERNS CONVECTIVE POTENTIAL AND TEMPERATURES.

SURFACE BOUNDARY ORIENTED ALONG A BWP-BDE LINE WITH SURFACE LOW
CENTERED JUST WEST OF PIR. BOUNDARY TO SLIDE SLOWLY SE TO
EASTERN/SOUTHERN EDGE OF FORECAST AREA BY LATE AFTERNOON. ELEVATED
BOUNDARY TO REMAIN WEST OF SURFACE FEATURE AND WITH SHORTWAVE MOVING
INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AT THIS TIME SPOTTY CONVECTION TO
CONTINUE. WILL LIKELY SEE A LULL IN SEVERE POTENTIAL UNTIL LATER IN
THE DAY. WITH ABOVE WILL CONTINUE MID RANGE POPS GOING BASED ON
CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. LATER THIS AFTERNOON FAVORED SEVERE POTENTIAL
STILL LOOKS TO BE ACROSS SE HALF OF FORECAST AREA AS REGION COMES
UNDER ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET FOR BROAD SCALE LIFT. ATMOSPHERE
WILL BE RIPE WITH PRECIPITABLE H20 VALUES GREATER THAN 1/5
INCHES...DEWPOINTS UPPER 60S TO LOWER 70S. A BIG PLAYER WILL BE
DEGREE OF HEATING WITH CURRENT CLOUD COVER. WITH UNCERTAINTY WILL
NOT MESS WITH MAXIMUM TEMPERATURES TODAY. STEADY COLD
ADVECTION/CLOUDS WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES DOWN BEHIND FRONT. AHEAD OF
BOUNDARY ACROSS SE FA WITH HEATING COULD WELL SEE TEMPERATURES BACK
INTO THE 80S. WILL TIME ISSUANCE OF FORECAST TO COINCIDE WITH WATCH
EXPIRATION AT 10AM.

&&

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

&&

VOELKER

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
700 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-281200-
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-
700 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED TODAY ROUGHLY SOUTH
OF A LINE FROM WASKISH MINNESOTA TO VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA. THE
STORMS WILL PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. A FEW
TORNADOES WILL BE POSSIBLE. WHILE SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MAY
OCCUR THIS MORNING...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOST LIKELY THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING BETWEEN 3 PM AND 8 PM.

A COLD FRONT EXTENDS FROM BAUDETTE MINNESOTA TO FORMAN NORTH
DAKOTA AND MOVE SOUTHEAST DURING THE DAY. MOIST UNSTABLE AIR WILL
MOVE NORTH OVER THE FRONT AND PRODUCE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY. ALSO AN
UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FORECAST AREA
AND WILL AID IN THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

HOPPES

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
848 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

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

0810 PM     HAIL             7 N GRAFTON             48.52N 97.40W
08/26/2007  M1.00 INCH       WALSH              ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

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HOPKINS

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
924 AM CDT MON AUG 27 2007

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

1130 PM     TSTM WND DMG     1 W RED LAKE            47.88N 95.04W
08/26/2007                   BELTRAMI           MN   PUBLIC

            INTERSECTION OF MN ROUTE 1 AND MN ROUTE 89 ON SOUTH SIDE
            OF LOWER RED LAKE...POWER LINES DOWN.

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HOPKINS