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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 1, 2019Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2019, 3:38 PM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 1, 2019, 3:38 PM CDT (20:38 UTC)
Expired: Aug 1, 2019, 4:15 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Lake of the Woods County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 227 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:38 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 1, 3:22 PM CDT, 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:22 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 11:01 AM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 1, 11:24 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 1, 3:19 PM CDT, 19 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
Aug 1, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	26 min
Aug 1, 4:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	57 min
Jul 31, 9:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier	64 min
Jul 31, 9:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier	63 min
Jul 31, 10:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier, Pembina	45 min
Jul 31, 11:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier	51 min
Jul 31, 11:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Walsh	61 min
Jul 31, 11:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cavalier	40 min
Jul 31, 11:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier	47 min
Aug 1, 12:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Pembina, Walsh	25 min
Aug 1, 12:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier	54 min
Aug 1, 1:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ramsey, Walsh	35 min
Aug 1, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Walsh	30 min

Nearby

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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.