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Areal Flood Advisory 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 27, 2016Clay County, Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota; Traill County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this areal flood advisory at Aug 27, 2016, 12:13 PM CDT for Clay County, Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota; Traill County, North Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 2016, 12:13 PM CDT (17:13 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
In force
5 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon

Counties Clay County, MN, Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 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 areal flood 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 areal flood advisory went out at Aug 27, 9:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 9:44 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 4:12 AM CDT, 8 hours 1 minute before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
412 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-280915-
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 COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
412 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A MARGINAL RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TODAY SOUTH OF
A LINE FROM TOLNA TO GRAFTON TO WASKISH. THE PRIMARY THREATS ARE
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...AND THE THREAT TIMING IS DURING
THE AFTERNOON TO EARLY EVENING HOURS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LATE SUNDAY AFTERNOON
AND SUNDAY EVENING. WIDESPREAD THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
DEVELOP ON SUNDAY...BUT ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP MAY GROW TO
SEVERE LEVELS.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE ACROSS PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND
WEST-CENTRAL MN ON MONDAY. OTHERWISE...THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH THE END OF THE WEEK ACROSS PARTS OF
THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.

KNUTSVIG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 12:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWilkin51 min
Aug 27, 12:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Otter Tail, Wilkin61 min
Aug 27, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Norman63 min
Aug 27, 1:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin64 min
Aug 27, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin48 min
Aug 27, 3:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall38 min
Aug 27, 3:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall38 min
Aug 27, 4:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard29 min
Aug 27, 4:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall50 min
Aug 27, 4:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin67 min
Aug 27, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk51 min
Aug 27, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman44 min
Aug 27, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrant, Otter Tail57 min
Aug 27, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman, Polk49 min
Aug 27, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Norman61 min
Aug 27, 6:01 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFGFNorman29 min
Aug 27, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman, Polk64 min
Aug 27, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay62 min
Aug 27, 3:03 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGrand Forks27 min
Aug 27, 3:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFPembina35 min
Aug 27, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks60 min
Aug 27, 3:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks41 min
Aug 27, 4:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks49 min

Nearby

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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.