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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 29, 2018Barnes County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 29, 2018, 7:22 PM CDT for Barnes County, North Dakota. It was in force for 23 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jul 29, 2018, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 2018, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Barnes County, ND

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 29, 6:48 PM CDT, 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 29, 6:48 PM CDT, 34 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 29, 3:28 AM CDT, 15 hours 54 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 29 2018

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-300830-
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-
328 AM CDT Sun Jul 29 2018

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

A few afternoon and early evening thunderstorms are expected.
However any thunderstorms are expected to remain rather weak.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday

Thunderstorms are possible Tuesday night into Wednesday and at
times from Thursday night through Saturday night.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 29, 5:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
551 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018

MNZ027-028-030-031-292315-
West Becker MN-East Otter Tail MN-East Becker MN-West Otter Tail MN-
551 PM CDT SUN JUL 29 2018

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTH CENTRAL OTTER TAIL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL BECKER COUNTIES UNTIL 615 PM CDT...

At 550 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Frazee, or 11 miles southeast of Detroit Lakes. This storm was nearly
stationary.

Dime size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Frazee around 605 PM CDT.
  Perham and Vergas around 615 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 4681 9573 4676 9548 4656 9550 4664 9588
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 017DEG 2KT 4672 9564

JH
Special weather statement, Jul 29, 7:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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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.