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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this fire weather watch at Oct 6, 2011, 4:26 AM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 2011, 4:26 AM CDT (09:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- Oct 7, 2011, 11:00 AM CDT
- Expired
- Oct 7, 2011, 4:15 AM CDT
- In force
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
All 35 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 32 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Oct 6, 3:51 AM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 3:51 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 5, 5:30 AM CDT, 22 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 530 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 NDZ006-014-015-026-061030- TOWNER-BENSON-RAMSEY-NELSON- 530 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. THESE STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY TO GENERATE WAVES OF 3 TO 5 FEET ALONG THE NORTHERN AND NORTHWESTERN SHORES OF DEVILS LAKE AND STUMP LAKE. MOTORISTS IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN MAY ENCOUNTER DIFFICULT DRIVING CONDITIONS AS WATER AND DEBRIS MAY WASH UP ON AREA ROADWAYS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY STRONG SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST WINDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH WITH GUSTS OF 35 TO 40 MPH WILL AGAIN DEVELOP THURSDAY AFTERNOON ACROSS THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. NDZ007-008-016-024-027>030-038-039-049-052>054-061030- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE- TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- 530 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-061030- 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- 530 AM CDT WED OCT 5 2011 ...RED FLAG WARNING IN EFFECT FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY FOR WIND AND LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY FOR ALL OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA FROM NOON TODAY TO 7 PM CDT THURSDAY EVENING. THE DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL BE DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. WINDS OF 20 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS AS HIGH AS 35 MPH COULD CAUSE WILD FIRES TO SPREAD RAPIDLY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY DANGEROUS FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY AFTERNOON DUE TO A COMBINATION OF LOW RELATIVE HUMIDITY...DRY FUELS AND GUSTY SOUTHERLY WINDS. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY AS A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM MOVES ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. ROGERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 4:03 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 17 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | High Wind Watch | FGF | Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more | 13 hr |
| Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDT | Wind Advisory | FGF | Towner | 30 hr |
Nearby
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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.