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Heat Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 26, 20134 counties in Minnesota; Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this heat advisory at Aug 26, 2013, 3:58 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota; Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota. It took effect at Aug 26, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 26, 2013, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
In effect from
Aug 26, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Aug 26, 2013, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
6 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:59 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory went out at Aug 26, 3:52 AM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 3:52 AM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 25, 6:59 AM CDT, 20 hours 59 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
659 AM CDT SUN AUG 25 2013

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-261200-
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-
659 AM CDT SUN AUG 25 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS POSSIBLE TODAY ROUGHLY SOUTH AND
EAST OF A LINE FROM BLACKMER NORTH DAKOTA TO DORAN MINNESOTA TO
OYLEN MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WILL BE MOSTLY LIKELY AFTER THE
NOON HOUR AND SHOULD BE OUT OF THE AREA BY MIDNIGHT.

AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING AND PRODUCE THE THEREAT OF THUNDERSTORMS.

ALSO THE HEAT INDEX WILL MAY APPROACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA IN
GRANT COUNTY MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THE HEAT INDEX MAY AGAIN APPROACH HEAT ADVISORY CRITERIA MONDAY
AFTERNOON  AND EVENING OVER GRANT COUNTY MINNESOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

HOPPES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 25, 7:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBeltrami63 min
Aug 25, 8:01 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGFHubbard4 hr
Aug 26, 5:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin65 min
Aug 26, 6:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Otter Tail37 min
Aug 26, 6:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena46 min

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Minnesota, 2013Heat Advisories in North Dakota, 2013Every heat advisory in 2013

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.