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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 10, 2012Mahnomen County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2012, 9:30 AM CDT for Mahnomen County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 2012, 9:30 AM CDT (14:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2012, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Mahnomen County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 2.5 hours before the alert went out and 221 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2012-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 59 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2012-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 221 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
59 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-530 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1794 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
221 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
202 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

757 
WWUS83 KFGF 101430
SPSFGF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
930 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

MNZ002-015-022-101500-
EAST POLK MN-MAHNOMEN MN-NORMAN MN-
930 AM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN POLK...NORTHEASTERN
NORMAN AND NORTHWESTERN MAHNOMEN COUNTIES UNTIL 1000 AM CDT...

AT 929 AM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS REPORTED A THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH
OF MAHNOMEN...OR 45 MILES NORTH OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES IS EXPECTED WITH THE STORM.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
WINGER AROUND 935 AM CDT.
MCINTOSH AND FOSSTON AROUND 945 AM CDT.

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

LAT...LON 4776 9592 4764 9555 4732 9587 4745 9620
TIME...MOT...LOC 1430Z 214DEG 39KT 4747 9596

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 9:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson30 min
Jun 9, 11:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGF55 min
Jun 10, 6:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRoseau50 min
Jun 10, 6:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau59 min
Jun 10, 7:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFLake of the Woods24 min
Jun 10, 8:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFMahnomen52 min
Jun 10, 8:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk41 min
Jun 10, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWadena67 min
Jun 10, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWadena26 min
Jun 10, 4:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFHubbard66 min
Jun 9, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFPembina55 min
Jun 9, 7:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPembina62 min
Jun 10, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRichland, Sargent42 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.