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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 20, 2013Nelson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2013, 12:28 PM CDT for Nelson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 20, 2013, 12:28 PM CDT (17:28 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2013, 1:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Nelson County, ND

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 9:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 9:43 AM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 5:00 AM CDT, 7 hours 28 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 9:45 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
945 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 AM     FLASH FLOOD      8 W GWINNER             46.22N 97.83W
06/20/2013                   SARGENT            ND   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            HWY 13 WASHED OUT 8 MILES WEST OF GWINNER...TIME
            ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

0515 AM     FLASH FLOOD      GWINNER                 46.22N 97.66W
06/20/2013                   SARGENT            ND   PUBLIC

            FACEBOOK POST VIA MEDIA PARTNER...BOBCAT PLANT INUNDATED
            AND CLOSED WITH FLOOD WATERS...MANY BASEMENTS FLOODED.

0515 AM     FLASH FLOOD      6 N GWINNER             46.31N 97.66W
06/20/2013                   RANSOM             ND   DEPT OF HIGHWAYS

            ND HWY 32 CLOSED BETWEEN GWINNER AND LISBON AT DEAD COLT
            CREEK...TIME ESTIMATED BASED OFF OF RADAR.

0815 AM     HEAVY RAIN       HANKINSON               46.07N 96.89W
06/20/2013  M3.30 INCH       RICHLAND           ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

0838 AM     HEAVY RAIN       FORMAN                  46.11N 97.64W
06/20/2013  M1.88 INCH       SARGENT            ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

0838 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 S FORMAN              46.09N 97.64W
06/20/2013  M2.05 INCH       SARGENT            ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 10:19 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1019 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0845 AM     HEAVY RAIN       LISBON                  46.44N 97.68W
06/20/2013  E5.00 INCH       RANSOM             ND   NEWSPAPER

0845 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MILNOR                  46.26N 97.46W
06/20/2013  E6.00 INCH       SARGENT            ND   NEWSPAPER

0845 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MCLEOD                  46.39N 97.30W
06/20/2013  E2.30 INCH       RANSOM             ND   NEWSPAPER

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Local storm report, Jun 20, 11:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1101 AM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1050 AM     HAIL             1 SW FILLMORE           48.17N 99.82W
06/20/2013  E1.00 INCH       BENSON             ND   TRAINED SPOTTER

            ESTIMATED HAIL AROUND QUARTER SIZED AND 50 MPH WINDS.

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JAM

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 11:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1228 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

NDZ014-015-024-026-028-054-201830-
BENSON ND-EDDY ND-GRIGGS ND-NELSON ND-RAMSEY ND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY
ND-
1228 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN WALSH...SOUTHERN
RAMSEY...NELSON...EXTREME NORTHEASTERN GRIGGS...NORTHEASTERN EDDY AND
SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

AT 1225 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING
A THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKOTA...OR 23 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

HAIL UP TO THE SIZE OF PENNIES AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH ARE
EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING.

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
TOLNA AROUND 1235 PM CDT.
STUMP LAKE AND PEKIN AROUND 1240 PM CDT.
MCVILLE AND LAKOTA AROUND 1250 PM CDT.
KLOTEN AROUND 1255 PM CDT.

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

TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND
UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED
ROADWAY.

LAT...LON 4826 9799 4793 9791 4767 9788 4768 9872
      4787 9879
TIME...MOT...LOC 1727Z 250DEG 33KT 4784 9857

JM/JK

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 1:18 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 12 more	39 hr
Jun 20, 6:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman, Polk	46 min
Jun 19, 7:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Benson	60 min
Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Sargent	44 min
Jun 19, 11:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Sargent	59 min
Jun 20, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Ransom	37 min
Jun 20, 12:31 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland, Sargent	44 min
Jun 20, 2:48 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	33 hr
Jun 20, 3:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Sargent	32 min
Jun 20, 4:15 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	8 hr
Jun 20, 10:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Ramsey, Towner	49 min
Jun 20, 11:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Nelson	44 min
Jun 20, 11:44 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	24 hr
Jun 20, 3:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Griggs	39 min
Jun 20, 5:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Steele, Traill	44 min
Jun 20, 5:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	51 min
Jun 20, 5:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes	47 min
Jun 20, 6:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Traill	40 min
Jun 20, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Steele	48 min

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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.