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Areal Flood Advisory 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 8, 2021Barnes County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this areal flood advisory at Jun 8, 2021, 4:12 AM CDT for Barnes County, North Dakota. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 8, 2021, 4:12 AM CDT (09:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 8, 2021, 1:15 PM CDT
In force: 9 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon

County Barnes County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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: 1478 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -69 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 184 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.5

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jun 8, 3:43 AM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:43 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 2:44 PM CDT, 13 hours 28 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
244 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-081945-
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-Towner-Cavalier-
Pembina-Benson-Ramsey-Eastern Walsh-Eddy-Nelson-Grand Forks-
Griggs-Steele-Traill-Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent-Richland-
Western Walsh-
244 PM CDT Mon Jun 7 2021

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Near critical fire weather conditions will continue into the early
evening. Scattered thunderstorms are expected to develop during
the early to mid evening, continuing into the overnight hours.
Some storms may be severe this evening, with hail up to 2 inches
in diameter, wind gusts up to 70 mph, and isolated tornadoes.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Chances for thunderstorms will exist almost daily. The coverage
and intensity of thunderstorms each day is uncertain.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:23 AM CDT, 2 hours 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:33 AM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 1:34 AM CDT, 2 hours 38 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 8, 3:49 AM CDT, 23 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
Jun 7, 8:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Steele	58 min
Jun 7, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass	63 min
Jun 7, 9:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass	66 min
Jun 7, 9:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom	23 min
Jun 7, 10:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass, Richland	57 min
Jun 7, 10:08 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland	67 min
Jun 7, 11:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Richland	52 min
Jun 8, 1:39 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	66 min
Jun 8, 2:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Ransom	60 min
Jun 8, 3:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	63 min
Jun 8, 4:47 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom	58 min
Jun 8, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes	60 min
Jun 8, 5:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Ransom	41 min
Jun 7, 10:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Clay	65 min
Jun 7, 11:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Clay	48 min
Jun 7, 11:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay, Otter Tail, Wilkin	64 min
Jun 7, 11:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	58 min
Jun 7, 11:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Otter Tail	50 min
Jun 8, 12:17 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail, Wadena	43 min
Jun 8, 12:23 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant	67 min
Jun 8, 12:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Hubbard	41 min
Jun 8, 12:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker	36 min
Jun 8, 12:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Wadena	36 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.