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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 25, 2019Beltrami County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2019, 3:49 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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 25, 2019, 3:49 PM CDT (20:49 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2019, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Beltrami County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 203 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 118 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: 1127 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 14 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 47 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 Jul 25, 3:41 PM CDT, 8 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 3:41 PM CDT, 8 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 4:13 AM CDT, 11 hours 36 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
413 AM CDT Thu Jul 25 2019

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ008-016-027>030-038-039-
049-052-053-260915-
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-Pembina-
Eastern Walsh County-Grand Forks-Griggs-Steele-Traill-Barnes-Cass-
Ransom-Sargent-Richland-
413 AM CDT Thu Jul 25 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible across southeastern
North Dakota and western Minnesota, with more isolated activity
in far northeastern North Dakota. The main hazards will be large
hail up to ping pong ball size and damaging wind gusts up to 60
mph. Isolated tornadoes are also possible.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Additional showers and isolated thunderstorms are possible in
northwestern Minnesota Friday, but severe weather is not expected.

Showers and thunderstorms will be possible again on Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Weather spotters may be needed.

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-054-260915-
Towner-Cavalier-Benson-Ramsey-Eddy-Nelson-Western Walsh County-
413 AM CDT Thu Jul 25 2019

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North
Dakota.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Showers and a few thunderstorms will be possible, but the
probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

Showers and thunderstorms will be possible again on Sunday.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 12:55 PM CDT, 2 hours 54 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
1255 PM CDT Thu Jul 25 2019

NDZ038-039-251830-
Barnes ND-Cass ND-
1255 PM CDT Thu Jul 25 2019

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN CASS AND
NORTHEASTERN BARNES COUNTIES UNTIL 130 PM CDT...

At 1255 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Pillsbury, or 19 miles northeast of Valley City, moving east at 20
mph.

Nickel size hail will be possible with this storm.

This strong thunderstorm will be near...
  Page around 125 PM CDT.
  Ayr around 130 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 4702 9798 4724 9784 4724 9773 4721 9738
      4692 9750
TIME...MOT...LOC 1755Z 285DEG 17KT 4715 9777

TG

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:01 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:49 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
Jul 25, 1:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau	45 min
Jul 25, 2:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods, Roseau	57 min
Jul 25, 3:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	59 min
Jul 25, 4:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	28 min
Jul 25, 4:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	30 min
Jul 25, 12:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Barnes	35 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.