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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 15, 201111 counties in North Dakota; 12 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 15, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT for 11 counties in North Dakota; 12 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 16, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days. 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 15, 2011, 3:15 PM CDT (20:15 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 16, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 20, 2011, 3:21 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

All 23 counties

Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 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 excessive heat warning 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 15, 2:45 PM CDT, 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 2:45 PM CDT, 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 4:25 AM CDT, 10 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
425 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-160930-
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-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-
GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
WESTERN WALSH-
425 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA EARLY THIS MORNING. SOME
STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY THREATS BEING LARGE HAIL...
STRONG WIND AND HEAVY RAIN. HOWEVER...A TORNADO OR TWO IS POSSIBLE
MAINLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN VALLEY NEAR THE SURFACE WARM FRONT. A
BREAK IN ACTIVITY IS POSSIBLE LATER THIS MORNING AND EARLY
AFTERNOON...BUT SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE
THROUGH THE DAY INTO TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY SUNDAY MORNING AND AGAIN SUNDAY NIGHT MAINLY ACROSS THE
DEVILS LAKE BASIN AND NORTHERN VALLEY INTO NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TEMPERATURES WILL SOAR INTO THE 90S ON SATURDAY AND SUNDAY. WITH
DEW POINT TEMPERATURES IN THE 70S...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL RISE TO
100 DEGREES OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. IF PLANNING
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES THIS WEEKEND...DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS ARE APPRECIATED.

ROGERS

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 15, 10:17 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 10:27 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 10:31 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 10:32 AM CDT, 4 hours 43 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 11:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 2:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 15, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Griggs	64 min
Jul 15, 2:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	64 min
Jul 15, 3:25 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes	50 min
Jul 15, 3:53 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Richland	52 min
Jul 15, 4:03 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 9 more	24 hr
Jul 15, 4:04 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass	56 min
Jul 15, 4:18 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Ransom, Richland	42 min
Jul 15, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland	55 min
Jul 15, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Traill	43 min
Jul 15, 5:11 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Barnes	9 hr
Jul 15, 5:12 AM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Richland	39 min
Jul 15, 5:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland	58 min
Jul 15, 6:48 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant	42 min
Jul 15, 6:59 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	8 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in Minnesota, 2011 Excessive Heat Warnings in North Dakota, 2011 Every excessive heat warning in 2011

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.