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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2012, 7:52 PM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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
- Jul 4, 2012, 7:52 PM CDT (00:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
County Hubbard County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:54 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 213 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
- 222 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2128 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 406 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
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 Jul 4, 6:58 PM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 4, 6:58 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 429 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2012 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ008-016-027-029-030-038- 039-049-052-053-051200- 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-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- 429 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL LEAD TO DANGEROUS HEAT INDEX READINGS OF 100 TO 110 DEGREES TODAY. THERE IS A CHANCE FOR STRONG TO SEVERE STORMS TODAY. ALTHOUGH THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT IS STILL UNCERTAIN...THE ATMOSPHERE WILL BE EXTREMELY UNSTABLE AND ANY STORM THAT DOES DEVELOP HAS THE POTENTIAL TO BE SEVERE. THE MOST LIKELY LOCATION FOR ACTIVITY APPEARS TO BE ACROSS THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...WITH DEVELOPMENT BY EARLY AFTERNOON. THE MAIN HAZARDS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND STRONG STRAIGHT LINE WINDS...ALONG WITH TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY TODAY. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-054-051200- TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-WESTERN WALSH- 429 AM CDT WED JUL 4 2012 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. IF A STORM DOES DEVELOP...THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR STRONG STORMS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING AND EARLY AFTERNOON HOURS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 4, 2:41 PM CDT, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Hubbard, Wadena | 63 min |
| Jul 4, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 50 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.