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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 16, 2016, 11:43 AM CDT for Norman County, Minnesota. 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 facts
- Issued
- Aug 16, 2016, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 16, 2016, 12:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
County Norman County, MN
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</html>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 Aug 16, 10:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 16, 10:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 16, 6:20 AM CDT, 5 hours 23 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 620 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-171130- 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- 620 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE STORMS IS EXPECTED TODAY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM BRAMPTON NORTH DAKOTA TO MIDDLE RIVER MINNESOTA TO BAUDETTE MINNESOTA. THE STORM WILL MOST LIKELY OCCUR FROM 3 PM CDT TO 9 PM CDT. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON WITH MARGINAL INSTABILITY AND PRODUCE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY FOR THURSDAY A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ROUGHLY ENGLEVALE NORTH DAKOTA TO PARKERS PRAIRIE MINNESOTA. A MARGINAL RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS FORECAST NORTH OF THE SLIGHT RISK AREA OR SOUTH OF A LINE ROUGHLY FROM URBANA NORTH DAKOTA TO CHAMBERLAIN MINNESOTA. THE STORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME LARGE HAIL,...DAMAGING WINDS AND A TORNADO. THE STORM WILL OCCUR IN THE LATE AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE RED RIVER VALLEY THURSDAY WITH UNSTABLE AIR IN PLACE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. HOPPES
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 16, 11:43 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1143 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 MNZ002-003-NDZ030-039-161745- NORMAN MN-CLAY MN-CASS ND-TRAILL ND- 1143 AM CDT TUE AUG 16 2016 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN NORMAN...NORTHWESTERN CLAY...SOUTHEASTERN TRAILL AND NORTHEASTERN CASS COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 PM CDT... AT 1143 AM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR HALSTAD...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF FARGO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. HALF INCH HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... HALSTAD AROUND 1150 AM CDT. HENDRUM AROUND 1210 PM CDT. PERLEY AROUND 1230 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS. && LAT...LON 4722 9719 4751 9694 4737 9641 4704 9664 TIME...MOT...LOC 1643Z 292DEG 8KT 4731 9689 SPEICHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 16, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wilkin | 30 min |
| Aug 16, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 43 min |
| Aug 16, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Todd | 60 min |
| Aug 15, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cavalier | 65 min |
| Aug 16, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 24 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.