Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Grand Forks, ND

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WWUS53 KFGF 071842
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
142 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MNC007-071852-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0040.000000T0000Z-070607T1915Z/
BELTRAMI MN-
142 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR BELTRAMI COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...

THE THUNDERSTORM HAS WEAKENED AND WAS NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO
THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. 

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING
FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4764 9516 4764 9442 4835 9444 4834 9523
      4853 9525 4852 9559 4803 9559 4805 9521

$$

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AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1211 PM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

.UPDATE...CONVECTION IS FIRING UP ON THE SOUTHWEST...NORTHWEST AND
NORTHEAST SIDES OF THE SURFACE LOW IN WEST CENTRAL MN WITH SEVERAL
STRONG SHORTWAVES EXPECTED TO PASS OVER. TORNADO WATCH AREA IS
WHERE THE MOST INSTABILITY IS AND IS INCREASING. CLEAR SKIES
EARLY AND INITIALLY WARM CONDITIONS NEAR THE LOW HAS INCREASED THE
CONCERN FOR POTENTIAL SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES.
CONVERGENT BOUNDARY ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF THE LOW IS SETTING UP
WITH INCREASING COVERAGE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SO MOVED THE
HIGHEST AMOUNT OF RAIN EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON FARTHER SOUTH...
MAINLY TO NORTH OF VALLEY CITY TO GFK AND ROX. WILL LEAVE THE
FLOOD WATCH SLIGHTLY FARTHER NORTHWEST INTO DVL AND HCO MAINLY OUT
OF CAUTION SINCE THEY HAVE RESPECTABLE SHOWERS TOO. BUT WE MAY BE
ABLE TO CANCEL THAT FLOOD WATCH A BIT EARLY. WIND ADVISORY IS
ONGOING TOO FOR WEST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND THE RESPONSIBLE
SURFACE PRESSURE GRADIENT IS MOVING INTO THE ADVISORY AREA. WILL
HAVE TO WATCH THIS FOR A POSSIBLE EXPANSION OF THE ADVISORY
FARTHER SOUTH OR EAST.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NDZ006>008-014>016-
     024-026-054.

     WIND ADVISORY UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR NDZ006-007-014-015-
     024-026-028-038-049-052-054.

MN...FLOOD WATCH UNTIL 7 PM CDT THIS EVENING FOR MNZ004.

&&

GV

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
635 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-081145-
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-
635 AM CDT THU JUN 7 2007

...HEAVY RAINFALL AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF
THE REGION TODAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A DEEP AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL CROSS THE REGION TODAY. TO THE
NORTH OF THE SURFACE LOW TRACK THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR
ADDITIONAL SIGNIFICANT RAINFALL FROM THE DEVILS LAKE REGION
NORTHEAST TO THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. THE HEAVIER RAINFALL
COMBINED WITH SATURATED SOILS COULD LEAD TO SOME FLOODING
POTENTIAL. FARTHER TO THE EAST SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
BY MID AFTERNOON. THE FAVORED LOCATION FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE
EAST OF A LINE FROM WAHPETON TO ROSEAU. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE
HAIL AND ISOLATED TORNADOES WILL BE THE THREAT. THE SEVERE THREAT
SHOULD END BY EARLY EVENING AS THE LOW PRESSURE CENTER SHIFTS
EAST.

STRONG NORTH WINDS OF 25 TO 40 MPH IN THE WAKE OF THE PASSING LOW
PRESSURE AREA WILL AFFECT AREAS MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM LISBON
TO LANGDON TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

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