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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 13, 20176 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2017, 10:13 PM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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 13, 2017, 10:13 PM CDT (03:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2017, 11:15 PM CDT
In force: 62 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Wadena County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:18 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, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 208 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 925 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 287 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 453 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

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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 13, 9:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 9:46 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 4:11 AM CDT, 18 hours 2 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
411 AM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017

MNZ002-003-022-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053-140915-
Norman-Clay-Mahnomen-West Becker-East Becker-Wilkin-
West Otter Tail-East Otter Tail-Wadena-Grant-Griggs-Steele-Traill-
Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent-Richland-
411 AM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Two rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected today. The
first round will arrive early this morning, with a second round
developing this afternoon and continuing through the evening and
into the overnight hours. Hail to golf ball size, damaging winds
to 80 mph, several tornadoes, and localized flash flooding are all
possible. The greatest potential for strong tornadoes exists in
the far southern Red River valley into west central Minnesota.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

There will be periods of showers and thunderstorms across the
region from Thursday through next Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

MNZ001-004>009-013>017-023-024-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-
140915-
West Polk-Kittson-Roseau-Lake Of The Woods-West Marshall-
East Marshall-North Beltrami-Pennington-Red Lake-East Polk-
North Clearwater-South Beltrami-South Clearwater-Hubbard-Towner-
Cavalier-Pembina-Benson-Ramsey-Eastern Walsh County-Eddy-Nelson-
Grand Forks-Western Walsh County-
411 AM CDT Tue Jun 13 2017

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Two rounds of showers and thunderstorms are expected today. The
first round will arrive early this morning, with a second round
developing this afternoon and continuing through the evening and
into the overnight hours. Hail to golf ball size, damaging winds
to 80 mph, tornadoes, and localized flash flooding are all
possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

There will be periods of showers and thunderstorms across the
region from Thursday through next Monday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation may be required.

BP

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:47 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:50 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:52 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 9:53 PM CDT, 20 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 13, 10:00 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 13, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FGF	Grant	43 min
Jun 13, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Wilkin	49 min
Jun 13, 7:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail	50 min
Jun 13, 7:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin	59 min
Jun 13, 8:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Wilkin	49 min
Jun 13, 8:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	48 min
Jun 13, 8:44 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman	46 min
Jun 13, 8:54 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Grant, Otter Tail, Wilkin	66 min
Jun 13, 9:24 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	41 min
Jun 13, 9:32 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Clay	2 hr
Jun 13, 9:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Otter Tail and 1 more	53 min
Jun 13, 9:57 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau	6 hr
Jun 13, 10:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods	62 min
Jun 14, 12:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	27 min
Jun 13, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	48 min
Jun 13, 8:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom	31 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.