Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2016

Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 4, 2016Becker County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2016, 9:47 PM CDT for Becker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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: Jul 4, 2016, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2016, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Becker County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

As transmitted.

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Roseau	46 min
Jul 4, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay	47 min
Jul 4, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	57 min
Jul 4, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	64 min
Jul 5, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant	43 min
Jul 5, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	41 min
Jul 4, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Traill	22 min
Jul 4, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Steele	47 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2016 Every 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.