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Fire Weather Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 6, 201117 counties in North Dakota; 18 counties in Minnesota

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.

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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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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 6, 4:03 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFGFBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more17 hr
Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDTHigh Wind WatchFGFBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more13 hr
Oct 6, 3:08 PM CDTWind AdvisoryFGFTowner30 hr

Nearby

Fire Weather Watches in Minnesota, 2011Fire Weather Watches in North Dakota, 2011Every fire weather watch 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.