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Heat Advisory 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 24, 202015 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this heat advisory at Jul 24, 2020, 3:26 AM CDT for 15 counties in Minnesota; 4 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 24, 2020, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 hr.

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 Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 88 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 heat advisory 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 heat advisory 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	Excessive Heat Warning	FGF	Clay, Kittson, Marshall, Norman, Polk, Wilkin	17 hr

Nearby

Heat Advisories in Minnesota, 2020 Heat Advisories in North Dakota, 2020 Every heat advisory 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.