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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 10, 2016Cavalier County, Pembina County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2016, 2:21 AM CDT for Cavalier County, Pembina County, North Dakota. It was in force for 54 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
Jun 10, 2016, 2:21 AM CDT (07:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Cavalier County, ND, Pembina County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 272 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2016-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 828 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2016-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 26 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
828 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2621 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
26 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

As transmitted.

983 
WWUS83 KFGF 100721
SPSFGF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
221 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016
 
NDZ006>008-015-016-054-100815-
TOWNER ND-PEMBINA ND-RAMSEY ND-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-
WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-CAVALIER ND-
221 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHERN RAMSEY...PEMBINA...
NORTHWESTERN WALSH...SOUTHEASTERN TOWNER AND CAVALIER COUNTIES UNTIL
315 AM CDT...

AT 221 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR VANG TO NEAR NEKOMA TO
NEAR GARSKE...AND MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  VANG AND NEKOMA AROUND 225 AM CDT. 
  HOVE MOBILE PARK AROUND 230 AM CDT. 
  WALHALLA AND OSNABROCK AROUND 235 AM CDT. 
  MILTON AROUND 240 AM CDT. 
  LEROY AND DERRICK AROUND 245 AM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

&&

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4871 9901 4900 9889 4900 9724 4862 9742
      4833 9794 4837 9945
TIME...MOT...LOC 0721Z 271DEG 33KT 4896 9807 4864 9832 4839 9889 

$$

JK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 2:56 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall, Norman, Polk49 min
Jun 10, 3:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake46 min
Jun 10, 12:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Towner41 min
Jun 10, 12:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFTowner56 min
Jun 10, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Eddy, Ramsey46 min
Jun 10, 2:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 1 more49 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016

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.