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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 20, 2010Clay County, Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 20, 2010, 8:02 PM CDT for Clay County, Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 20, 2010, 8:02 PM CDT (01:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 20, 2010, 8:55 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
70.0 mph

Counties Clay County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

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

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 20, 7:35 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 20, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Eddy44 min
Jul 20, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy45 min
Jul 21, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Ransom30 min
Jul 21, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Cass, Ransom45 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2010

Sources

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