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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2012, 8:59 PM CDT for Towner County, North Dakota. It was in force for 46 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 17, 2012, 8:59 PM CDT (01:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2012, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
County Towner County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 238 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 48 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 102 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 17, 8:21 PM CDT, 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 17, 8:21 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1234 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-181245- 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- 1234 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FOR EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... ...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES FOR THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HAIL UP TO 2 INCHES IN DIAMETER...STRAIGHT LINE WINDS OF 70 MPH OR GREATER AND ISOLATED TORNADOES...IS POSSIBLE FROM 5 PM TO MIDNIGHT TONIGHT FOR PORTIONS OF THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. THE AREA WITHIN THE MODERATE RISK IS GENERALLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA AND HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA. THE REMAINDER OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA CONTINUES TO HAVE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE SAME TIME PERIOD. A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE...COMBINED WITH A SURFACE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM...MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL CONTRIBUTE TO DESTABILIZING THE ATMOSPHERE LATER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AND TUESDAY THROUGHOUT ALL OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND MINNESOTA. WHILE THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR A FEW SEVERE STORMS...MOST STORMS SHOULD REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL POSSIBLE MAINLY ON TUESDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. BRAMER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:02 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 602 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 MNZ029-030-NDZ053-180000- RICHLAND ND-WEST OTTER TAIL MN-WILKIN MN- 602 PM CDT SUN JUN 17 2012 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR CENTRAL WILKIN...WESTERN OTTER TAIL AND EASTERN RICHLAND COUNTIES UNTIL 700 PM CDT... AT 559 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF BRECKENRIDGE...OR 7 MILES EAST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... FOXHOME AROUND 610 PM CDT. FERGUS FALLS...ROTHSAY AND CARLISLE AROUND 625 PM CDT. LAWNDALE AND ELIZABETH AROUND 630 PM CDT. FOR MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 94...THE STORM WILL BE BETWEEN...MILE MARKER 47 AROUND 625 PM CDT...AND MILE MARKER 41 AROUND 630 PM CDT... THE STORM MAY INTENSIFY....ALSO A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA. BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS....FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. LAT...LON 4659 9636 4622 9588 4617 9654 4633 9666 TIME...MOT...LOC 2301Z 231DEG 28KT 4629 9644 BRAMER
Local storm report, Jun 17, 6:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 7:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena | 59 min |
| Jun 17, 10:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Benson | 60 min |
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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.