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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 28, 2016Ramsey County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2016, 3:28 PM CDT for Ramsey 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 outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: May 28, 2016, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired: May 28, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Ramsey County, ND

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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 28, 3:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 28, 3:12 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

Area Forecast Discussion
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
312 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

.SHORT TERM...(This evening through Sunday night)
Issued at 312 PM CDT Sat May 28 2016

Main forecast challenge will be pcpn chances through the entire
short term forecast. As for late this afternoon and tonight,
visible satellite imagery shows more convective elements to the
clouds along and west of the Red River Valley. This is supported
by the radar, with individual convective cells mainly west of the
Red River Valley. A little more stratiform pcpn is on the MN side
of the river. There was a decent area of stratiform rain working
into central Minnesota, from KSTC to KAXN, but this also appears
to be weakening. Will end up carrying some ISO to SCT pcpn chances
into the evening for most areas. There is a convective line over
the western Dakotas that the models try to bring into the KDVL to
KJMS corridor late tonight. Will keep some pcpn chances in this
area late tonight to cover this potential. If anyone gets any
clearing tonight, the light winds may bring some patchy fog.
Confidence too low at this point to mention, but will pass along
to the next shift to watch. Starting to look like Sunday morning
will start off dry for most areas. By afternoon there may be more
ISO to SCT pcpn chances, but mainly east of the Red River Valley.
These should die off again Sunday evening.

.LONG TERM...(Monday through Saturday)
Issued at 312 PM CDT Sat May 28 2016

Monday looks like a fairly decent day for the most part. SPC day 3
outlook has portions of the western and central Dakotas in a
slight risk. Models show a sfc low and boundaries in this area by
00Z Tue. Therefore looking at storms firing out west, and working
eastward during the evening and overnight time frame. These could
be strong storms, but will have some time to watch this. By
Tuesday the sfc low is still in this FA, so once again could be
quite a bit of pcpn around.

For Tue night through Sat...500 mb low west of cwa tue afternoon
is progged to open and move east of the region as the extended
period begins...resulting in diminishing pops and sky cover for
wed. northwest flow and cooler air should keep high temps only in
the 60s for wed. high pressure and return flow will result in
quick moderation in time for thu with near average temps
returning by fri. the next wave is likely to approach toward the
weekend...resulting in higher pops returning fri night into sat.

&&

.AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Sunday afternoon)
Issued at 1247 PM CDT Sat May 28 2016

Cigs remain ifr kdvl with mvfr/vfr to the east but all locations
will eventually reach mvfr as activity rolls northward this aftn
into the eve. Iso to sct nature of convection warrants vcsh
mention that can eventually be modified to include ts as needed.
Nne light winds will transition to nw overnight or sun morning.

&&

.FGF Watches/Warnings/Advisories...
ND...None.
MN...None.
&&

SHORT TERM...Godon
LONG TERM...WJB/Godon
AVIATION...WJB

Hazardous weather outlook, May 28, 10:19 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1019 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-291530-
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-
1019 AM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TODAY
INTO THIS EVENING AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE APPROACHES THE
REGION. ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED, DEADLY
LIGHTNING IS POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN LATE MONDAY
NIGHT INTO MIDWEEK AS ANOTHER AREA OF LOW PRESSURE IMPACTS THE
REGION. AT THIS TIME SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 28, 3:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
328 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

NDZ007-015-282130-
RAMSEY-CAVALIER-
328 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 2016

...FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE LATE THIS AFTERNOON...

SHOWERS WITH A FEW EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE LATE THIS
AFTERNOON IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE
CONDUCIVE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF FUNNEL CLOUDS... BUT TORNADOES ARE
NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. SHOULD A TORNADO OCCUR...IT WOULD LIKELY
BE VERY BRIEF AND LOCALIZED. IF YOU OBSERVE SEVERE WEATHER... PLEASE
REPORT IT TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND ASK THAT THEY RELAY YOUR
REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

LAT...LON 4816 9888 4875 9897 4880 9855 4820 9837
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 201DEG 2KT 4842 9864

HOPKINS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 28, 4:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier, Ramsey	58 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.