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Fire Weather Watch 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 30, 201218 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this fire weather watch at Sep 30, 2012, 7:49 PM CDT for 18 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 1, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 30, 2012, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 1, 2012, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 1, 2012, 3:55 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

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

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 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 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 Sep 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 30, 6:18 AM CDT, 13 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
618 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-011130-
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-
618 AM CDT SUN SEP 30 2012

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...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 1, 3:55 AM CDTFire Weather WatchFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more15 hr
Oct 1, 3:55 AM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more15 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.