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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2019, 6:20 PM CDT for Pennington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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
- Aug 6, 2019, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2019, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
County Pennington County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:21 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, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1630 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 24 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 68 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 107 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
783
WWUS83 KFGF 062320
SPSFGF
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
620 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019
MNZ008-009-013-062345-
East Marshall MN-North Beltrami MN-Pennington MN-
620 PM CDT Tue Aug 6 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL...WEST
CENTRAL BELTRAMI AND NORTHEASTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM
CDT...
At 619 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Espelie, or 24 miles east of Thief River Falls, moving southeast at
30 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Jelle around 640 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
&&
LAT...LON 4802 9543 4802 9558 4800 9558 4800 9563
4817 9582 4825 9579 4833 9567 4821 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2319Z 299DEG 25KT 4821 9567
$$
BPThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 5:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Roseau | 20 min |
| Aug 6, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pennington | 14 min |
| Aug 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 6:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pennington | 12 min |
| Aug 6, 6:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 61 min |
| Aug 6, 6:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grand Forks | 18 min |
| Aug 6, 6:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Benson | 29 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.