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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 5, 2016Hubbard County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 5, 2016, 7:21 PM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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 5, 2016, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 5, 2016, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Hubbard County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 210 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 69 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1556 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
71 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
69 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

564 
WWUS83 KFGF 060021
SPSFGF

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
721 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016
 
MNZ024-028-060100-
HUBBARD MN-EAST BECKER MN-
721 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHEASTERN BECKER AND CENTRAL
HUBBARD COUNTIES UNTIL 800 PM CDT...

AT 720 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM
NEAR TWO INLETS...OR 29 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

HALF INCH HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  EMMAVILLE AROUND 730 PM CDT. 
  AKELEY AROUND 750 PM CDT. 
  BENEDICT AROUND 755 PM CDT. 

LAT...LON 4700 9524 4714 9523 4720 9466 4698 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 269DEG 33KT 4709 9514 

$$

JAM

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 5, 7:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFPierce45 min
Jul 5, 7:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBenson44 min
Jul 5, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFEddy28 min
Jul 5, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFEddy18 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.