Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Grand Forks, ND

440 
WWUS53 KFGF 122201
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
501 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NDC077-122230-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-110812T2230Z/
RICHLAND ND-
501 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL
RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 530 PM CDT...

AT 455 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL...AND
DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.  THE STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES
WEST OF MANTADOR...OR 21 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MOORETON AND GREAT BEND AROUND 520 PM CDT.

FOR MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 29...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE
BETWEEN...MILE MARKER 18 AROUND 520 PM CDT...AND MILE MARKER 24
AROUND 525 PM CDT...

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

&&

LAT...LON 4602 9704 4619 9720 4629 9726 4629 9728
      4633 9724 4647 9686 4609 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 245DEG 20KT 4619 9698

$$
SPEICHER

243 
WWUS53 KFGF 122231
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
531 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NDC077-122241-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0156.000000T0000Z-110812T2230Z/
RICHLAND ND-
531 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA HAS EXPIRED...

THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
 HOWEVER HEAVY RAIN IS STILL POSSIBLE WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.

IN ADDITION...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP...AND A SEVERE 
THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM CDT.

LAT...LON 4602 9704 4619 9720 4629 9726 4629 9728
      4633 9724 4647 9686 4609 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 2201Z 245DEG 20KT 4619 9698

$$

JR

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
209 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

.SHORT TERM... /TONIGHT THROUGH MON/
FORECAST PROBLEM OF THE DAY WILL BE SEVERE THREAT LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO MID EVENING.

CURRENT WATER VAPOR SHOWS CLOSED UPPER LOW OVER WEST CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA. THE 12Z GFS INITIALIZED SLIGHTLY BETTER THAN THE 12Z
NAM ON THE POSITION OF THE UPPER LOW...AND THE 00Z ECMWF VERIFIED
VERY WELL WITH THE LOWS 12Z POSITION. THE ECMWF BECOMES THE
SLOWEST SOLUTION WITH THE PASSING OF THE UPPER LOW THROUGH MY
EASTERN ZONES...THUS PREFER A GFS/ECMWF BLEND FOR TIMING.

CURRENT RADAR SHOWING CONVECTION ENTERING DEVILS LAKE BASIN AT THE
CURRENT TIME. THE FAR NORTHEAST HAS SEEN PLENTIFUL SOLAR
TODAY...AND NOTHING MORE THAN THIN CIRRUS OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD
OF THE CWA. THUS TEMPS ACROSS THE SOUTH ARE 5 TO 10 DEGREES WARMER
THAN MOST OF THE CLOUDED PORTION OF THE CWA. THERE WAS ALSO A WEDGE
OF MOSTLY CLEAR SKIES UP THE SHEYENNE VALLEY INTO DVL THROUGH
NOONTIME...SO TEMPS IN THIS REGION HAVE ALSO CLIMBED INTO THE LOWER
70S. CURRENT SPC MOST UNSTABLE CAPES SHOW 2K J/KG JUST WEST OF
RANSOM/SARGENT COUNTIES...EXTENDING UP THROUGH EDDY AND FOSTER.

LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH EARLY EVENING...INSTABILITY SHOULD SHIFT
EASTWARD INTO SHEYENNE AND SOUTHERN VALLEY AS UPPER LOW
APPROACHES AND HEATING CONTINUES. WEAK SFC CONVERGENCE BNDRY
EXTENDING FROM CENTRAL ND INTO WEST CENTRAL MN...COUPLED WITH SHARP
VORT MAX MOVING INTO EASTERN ND...WILL PROVIDE SUFFICIENT LIFT
DESPITE LACKING ANY 0 TO 6 KM BULK SHEAR. WILL ONLY NEED CORES
FROM 23K TO 25K FOR QUARTER SIZED HAIL...SO A FEW SEVERES LATE
THIS AFTN INTO EARLY EVENING ARE LIKELY. ANOTHER CONCERN WILL BE A
FEW TORNADOES AS THE UPPER LOW PASSES OVER...WITH COLD CORE FUNNEL
POTENTIAL IN THIS TYPE OF SETUP. SEVERE WATCH OUT FOR MOST OF EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA...WITH HAIL THE PRIMARY THREAT...THROUGH 01Z.

LATEST MODEL RUNS SHOWING UPPER LOW OVER SOUTHERN VALLEY AT
06Z...AND INTO THE ALEXANDRIA AREA BY 12Z. THUS HAVE KEPT SOME
POPS IN BEYOND 12Z WITH THE MODELS TRENDING SLOWER EACH RUN.

SAT THROUGH MON...WITH EXCEPTION OF SOME LINGERING SHOWERS IN THE
SOUTHEAST SATURDAY MORNING...EXPECT HIGH PRESSURE TO MOVE OVER THE
AREA AND DOMINATE THE WEATHER PATTERN THIS WEEKEND. SHOULD
GENERALLY SEE DAYTIME HIGHS IN THE MID 70S. RETURN FLOW WILL SETUP
MONDAY AND TEMPS WILL NEAR THE 80 MARK.

.LONG TERM... /MON NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY/
THE EARLY PART OF THE PERIOD STILL LOOKS WET. THE MODELS ARE STILL
INDICATING SURFACE LOW PRESSURE IN THE WESTERN DAKOTAS WILL PROGRESS
EASTWARD AND BRING SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO THE FA. INCREASED
POPS DUE TO THIS MODEL TO MODEL CONTINUITY THROUGH THE TUESDAY
TIMEFRAME.

THE MODELS HAD BEEN INDICATING THAT THE SURFACE LOW PRESSURE WOULD
SLOWLY MOVE THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS...AS WELL AS AN UPPER LEVEL
TROUGH/LOW THAT WILL MOVE EAST ALONG THE CANADIAN BORDER.
HOWEVER...THE LATEST 12Z GFS AND GEM RUNS BRING THOSE FEATURES
THROUGH THE NORTHERN PLAINS CONSIDERABLY FASTER THAN PREVIOUS RUNS.
THOUGHT THE POPS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY WERE TOO HIGH SINCE
DUE TO THE DRIER GFS AND GEM...SO LOWERED POPS FOR THOSE PERIODS.

DAILY HIGH TEMPERATURES DURING THIS PERIOD SHOULD BE NEAR OR
SLIGHTLY BELOW NORMAL.

&&

.AVIATION...
VFR CIGS AND VSBYS ARE FORECASTED THROUGH SATURDAY MORNING.
HOWEVER...THERE IS THE THREAT OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS THIS
AFTERNOON AND THROUGH THIS EVENING. IT IS DIFFICULT TO DETERMINE
TIMING AND LOCATION MUCH IN ADVANCE DUE TO THE SCATTERED NATURE OF
THE STORMS. WILL FORECAST TIMING AS BEST AS POSSIBLE. MVFR VSBYS AND
CIGS ARE POSSIBLE IF THUNDERSTORMS DIRECTLY HIT ANY TAF SITES.

&&

.FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
ND...NONE.
MN...NONE.
&&

SPEICHER/GROCHOCINSKI

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
230 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NDZ014-015-024-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-131930-
BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-
CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
230 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 8 PM THIS EVENING...

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH 8 PM THIS EVENING. A
STRONG UPPER LEVEL WAVE WILL MOVE INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
THIS AFTERNOON AND RESULT IN THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PORTIONS OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. HEAVY RAIN AND LARGE HAIL WILL BE THE
PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE REQUIRED.

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-016-054-131930-
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-EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH-
230 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP THIS EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL
AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL AND AN ISOLATED TORNADO
ARE THE PRIMARY THREATS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE WILL BE MULTIPLE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS PROBABLE.

SPEICHER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
317 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NDZ029-030-122045-
STEELE ND-TRAILL ND-
317 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN TRAILL AND EASTERN STEELE
COUNTIES UNTIL 345 PM CDT...

AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
THUNDERSTORM NEAR PORTLAND...OR 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS...
MOVING TO THE SOUTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
SHERBROOKE AROUND 345 PM CDT.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

GROCHOCINSKI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
329 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NDZ024-026-028-038-049-122130-
BARNES ND-EDDY ND-GRIGGS ND-NELSON ND-RANSOM ND-
329 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN RANSOM...SOUTHWESTERN
NELSON...GRIGGS...SOUTHEASTERN EDDY AND WESTERN BARNES COUNTIES UNTIL
430 PM CDT...

AT 327 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF NEW
ROCKFORD TO 31 MILES SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
URBANA AROUND 355 PM CDT.
WIMBLEDON AROUND 400 PM CDT.
ECKELSON AROUND 410 PM CDT.
SUTTON AROUND 415 PM CDT.

FOR MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 94...THE STORMS WILL BE BETWEEN NORTH
DAKOTA MILE MARKER 272 AND NORTH DAKOTA MILE MARKER 295...

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

ROGERS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
352 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

MNZ005-122115-
ROSEAU MN-
352 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL ROSEAU COUNTY UNTIL 415
PM CDT...

AT 345 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A FUNNEL ABOUT 7 MILES SOUTH OF
ROSEAU WITHIN A LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING FROM 8 MILES EAST OF
ROSEAU TO 10 MILES SOUTH OF ROSEAU...MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 5
MPH. THE ENVIRONMENT DOES NOT SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT OF
TORNADOES...BUT PLEASE CONTINUE TO REPORT ANY FUNNEL SIGHTINGS TO
YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORMS.

THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
WANNASKA AND PENCER AROUND 415 PM CDT.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

GROCHOCINSKI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
421 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NDZ026-027-122145-
GRAND FORKS ND-NELSON ND-
421 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN NELSON AND
SOUTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTIES UNTIL 445 PM CDT...

AT 418 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES WEST OF NORTHWOOD...OR 33 MILES WEST OF GRAND
FORKS...MOVING TO THE WEST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
LOGAN CENTER AROUND 430 PM CDT.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

GROCHOCINSKI

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
425 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

NDZ014-015-024-026-028-122200-
BENSON ND-EDDY ND-GRIGGS ND-NELSON ND-RAMSEY ND-
425 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN RAMSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN NELSON...EXTREME NORTHWESTERN GRIGGS...NORTHEASTERN EDDY
AND EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTIES UNTIL 500 PM CDT...

AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
THUNDERSTORM 13 MILES WEST OF MCVILLE...OR 31 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE NORTHWEST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF NICKELS IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG
WITH HEAVY RAIN.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TOLNA AROUND 450 PM CDT.
WARWICK...STUMP LAKE AND HAMAR AROUND 500 PM CDT.

BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME
SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

GROCHOCINSKI

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
436 PM CDT FRI AUG 12 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0358 PM     HAIL             8 W SHERBROOKE          47.46N 97.89W
08/12/2011  E0.75 INCH       STEELE             ND   PUBLIC

&&

WBARRETT