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Excessive Heat Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 24, 20206 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this excessive heat warning at Jul 24, 2020, 3:26 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 24, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 24, 2020, 3:26 AM CDT (08:26 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 24, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jul 24, 2020, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 8 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

Counties Clay County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 21 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this excessive heat 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 excessive heat warning went out at Jul 23, 10:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 23, 10:38 PM CDT, 4 hours 48 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 24, 3:26 AM CDT	Heat Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard, Kittson and 9 more	17 hr

Nearby

Excessive Heat Warnings in North Dakota, 2020 Excessive Heat Warnings in Minnesota, 2020 Every excessive heat warning in 2020

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.