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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 7, 2014Wadena County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2014, 3:16 PM CDT for Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 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: May 7, 2014, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
Expired: May 7, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Wadena County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 204 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 202 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1223 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 153 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 222 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.

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What forecasters said that day

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 May 7, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 12:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 7:30 AM CDT, 7 hours 46 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
730 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

MNZ001>009-013>017-022-023-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-
049-054-081230-
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-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-
EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-
CASS-RANSOM-WESTERN WALSH-
730 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SHOWERS
WILL INCREASE IN COVERAGE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT BUT RAINFALL
AMOUNTS WILL BE ONE HALF INCH OR LESS. RIVER LEVELS ALONG THE RED
RIVER WILL BE HIGHER THAN NORMAL FROM FARGO DOWNSTREAM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH LOCALLY AN
ADDITIONAL HALF INCH OF RAIN POSSIBLE. OTHERWISE NO WIDESPREAD HAZARDOUS
WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MNZ024-027>032-040-NDZ052-053-081230-
HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-
EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
730 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED TODAY. LATER TONIGHT
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO FORM TO OUR SOUTH AND MOVE INTO
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WITH
ISOLATED SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. THE THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL.
THE BEST TIME PERIOD FOR THIS WILL BE AFTER 8 PM TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THURSDAY WITH SHOWERS
THURSDAY NIGHT. AN ISOLATED HAILER OR TWO POSSIBLE THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

DTR

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 3:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
316 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

MNZ031-032-072115-
EAST OTTER TAIL MN-WADENA MN-
316 PM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN OTTER TAIL AND
SOUTHERN WADENA COUNTIES UNTIL 415 PM CDT...

AT 313 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATTLE LAKE...OR 24 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

THE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PARKERS PRAIRIE...HENNING AND ALMORA AROUND 330 PM CDT.
DEER CREEK AROUND 345 PM CDT.
WRIGHTSTOWN AROUND 350 PM CDT.
BLUFFTON AROUND 400 PM 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 4636 9477 4636 9514 4621 9514 4610 9542
      4610 9556 4624 9573 4659 9518 4638 9473
TIME...MOT...LOC 2016Z 235DEG 27KT 4621 9554

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 7, 3:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail, Wadena	61 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.