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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 10, 2017Nelson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2017, 6:49 AM CDT for Nelson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 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, 2017, 6:49 AM CDT (11:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2017, 7:30 AM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Nelson County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:50 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, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 204 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 2017-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1523 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2017-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1523 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2862 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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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 Jun 10, 6:40 AM CDT, 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 6:40 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 5:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
518 AM CDT Sat Jun 10 2017

MNZ001-002-004>009-013>017-022-023-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-
054-111030-
West Polk-Norman-Kittson-Roseau-Lake Of The Woods-West Marshall-
East Marshall-North Beltrami-Pennington-Red Lake-East Polk-
North Clearwater-South Beltrami-Mahnomen-South Clearwater-Towner-
Cavalier-Pembina-Benson-Ramsey-Eastern Walsh County-Eddy-Nelson-
Grand Forks-Griggs-Steele-Traill-Western Walsh County-
518 AM CDT Sat Jun 10 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North
Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated strong to severe thunderstorms will continue to move
along the Highway 2 corridor through mid Saturday morning. The
primary threat with these storms is damaging winds up to 65 mph.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Thunderstorms are possible late Monday night into Tuesday. A low
pressure system will move out of Wyoming and into South Dakota
Monday night. Rain showers and thunderstorms will develop and
spread across the northern tier late Monday night and continue
through Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not expected.

MNZ003-024-027>032-040-NDZ038-039-049-052-053-111030-
Clay-Hubbard-West Becker-East Becker-Wilkin-West Otter Tail-
East Otter Tail-Wadena-Grant-Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent-Richland-
518 AM CDT Sat Jun 10 2017

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North
Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated thunderstorms are possible across the far southern Red
River valley late tonight into early Sunday morning. These storms
are not expected to be severe.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday

Thunderstorms are possible late Monday night into Tuesday. A low
pressure system will move out of Wyoming and into South Dakota
Monday night. Rain showers and thunderstorms will develop and
spread across the northern tier late Monday night and continue
through Tuesday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may is not expected.

Speicher

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 10, 4:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
435 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 S COOPERSTOWN         47.43N 98.12W
06/10/2017  M52 MPH          GRIGGS             ND   AWOS

&&

ALEE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 5:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
501 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2017

NDZ014-024-101030-
Eddy ND-Benson ND-
501 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2017

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR BENSON AND EDDY COUNTIES UNTIL
530 AM CDT...

At 500 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Esmond to near Sykeston. Movement was
northeast at 50 mph.

Dime size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Locations impacted include...
New Rockford, Leeds, Maddock, Fort Totten, Minnewaukan, Sheyenne and
Oberon.

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 4837 9949 4759 9851 4759 9926 4767 9927
      4768 9930 4785 9930 4785 9981 4802 9981
      4802 9985 4804 9985
TIME...MOT...LOC 1000Z 222DEG 51KT 4801 9989 4744 9928

Lee
Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
548 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0531 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 W DEVILS LAKE         48.11N 98.90W
06/10/2017  M61 MPH          RAMSEY             ND   AWOS

&&

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Local storm report, Jun 10, 5:51 AM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
551 AM CDT SAT JUN 10 2017

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0543 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 NE PEKIN              47.81N 98.30W
06/10/2017  M60 MPH          NELSON             ND   MESONET

            NDAWN STATION.

&&

ALEE
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:42 AM CDT, 7 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 10, 6:49 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall, Polk, Roseau64 min
Jun 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall, Roseau60 min
Jun 9, 9:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFMarshall46 min
Jun 9, 11:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Norman44 min
Jun 9, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay31 min
Jun 9, 11:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFHubbard25 min
Jun 9, 11:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman57 min
Jun 10, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman30 min
Jun 10, 12:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clearwater, Mahnomen46 min
Jun 10, 1:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clearwater, Hubbard46 min
Jun 10, 4:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk32 min
Jun 10, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall, Polk38 min
Jun 10, 8:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFMarshall60 min
Jun 9, 7:06 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBenson24 min
Jun 9, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier, Pembina, Walsh52 min
Jun 9, 7:29 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFGFBenson, Ramsey46 min
Jun 9, 8:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFNelson, Ramsey, Walsh45 min
Jun 9, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFEddy, Nelson44 min
Jun 9, 8:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Eddy, Nelson38 min
Jun 9, 8:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks, Nelson, Walsh15 min
Jun 9, 9:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Cass, Griggs, Steele60 min
Jun 9, 9:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBarnes, Griggs, Steele29 min
Jun 9, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Ransom60 min
Jun 9, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Cass, Steele, Traill34 min
Jun 9, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Cass36 min
Jun 10, 3:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGriggs48 min
Jun 10, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele, Traill37 min
Jun 10, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBenson, Eddy29 min
Jun 10, 5:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Nelson, Ramsey and 2 more50 min
Jun 10, 6:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGrand Forks33 min
Jun 10, 7:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGrand Forks49 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in North Dakota, 2017Every special weather statement in 2017

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.