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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 31, 2016Pennington County, Polk County, Red Lake County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2016, 12:49 AM CDT for Pennington County, Polk County, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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 31, 2016, 12:49 AM CDT (05:49 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2016, 1:45 AM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.8 hours before the alert went out and 350 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: 753 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1859 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.9

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The text

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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 30, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 30, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 30, 9:02 AM CDT, 15 hours 47 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
902 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-311145-
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-
644 AM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...RISK OF SEVERE STORMS LATE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH THE
EVENING...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AN APPROACHING AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE FOR
SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE FROM
LATE AFTERNOON THROUGH THE EVENING. THE FAVORED THREAT AREA WILL
BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 200 FROM THE VALLEY WESTWARD. THE
PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE WILL BE CHANCES FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS NEAR THE END OF
THE WEEK AND INTO THE WEEKEND.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 30, 7:24 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
724 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

MNZ029-030-310100-
WILKIN MN-WEST OTTER TAIL MN-
724 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN OTTER TAIL AND EAST
CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 724 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR
FOXHOME...OR 7 MILES WEST OF FERGUS FALLS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20
MPH.

DIME SIZE HAIL WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CARLISLE AROUND 745 PM CDT.
  FERGUS FALLS AROUND 750 PM CDT.
  ELIZABETH AROUND 755 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4612 9618 4624 9637 4650 9612 4632 9583
TIME...MOT...LOC 0024Z 222DEG 17KT 4624 9621

VG

Special weather statement, May 30, 10:03 PM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 11:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 49 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 30, 11:52 PM CDT, 57 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 30, 11:59 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 12:49 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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 30, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	23 min
May 30, 7:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Wilkin	36 min
May 30, 11:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Clay, Grant, Wilkin	60 min
May 30, 11:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail	53 min
May 30, 8:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass	39 min
May 30, 10:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cass, Ransom, Richland	57 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.