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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 26, 2021Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Jul 26, 2021, 12:11 AM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 34 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: Jul 26, 2021, 12:11 AM CDT (05:11 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2021, 12:45 AM CDT
In force: 34 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND

County Richland County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 154 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: 1771 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -59 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2015 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 114 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 380 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 31.3

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The text

As transmitted.

895 
WWUS83 KFGF 260511
SPSFGF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
1211 AM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021
 
NDZ052-053-260545-
Sargent ND-Richland ND-
1211 AM CDT Mon Jul 26 2021

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHWESTERN RICHLAND AND
SOUTHEASTERN SARGENT COUNTIES UNTIL 1245 AM CDT...

At 1211 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Mantador to Lake Traverse Reservation.
Movement was east at 45 mph.

Nickel size hail and winds in excess of 40 mph will be possible with
these storms.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Mantador and Stiles around 1215 AM CDT.
  Hankinson around 1225 AM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

These storms 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.

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 4594 9749 4599 9755 4624 9702 4594 9659
TIME...MOT...LOC 0511Z 290DEG 37KT 4618 9704 4601 9739 

$$

DJR

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 25, 9:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland	37 min
Jul 25, 10:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	56 min
Jul 25, 10:56 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Ransom	34 min
Jul 25, 11:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Richland	29 min
Jul 25, 11:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland	55 min
Jul 25, 11:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Sargent	31 min
Jul 25, 9:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Wilkin	35 min
Jul 25, 10:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grant, Otter Tail	18 min
Jul 25, 10:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant	32 min
Jul 25, 10:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant	29 min
Jul 26, 4:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	52 min
Jul 26, 4:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater	60 min
Jul 26, 5:13 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FGF	Beltrami	47 min
Jul 26, 5:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Beltrami	43 min
Jul 26, 6:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Hubbard	37 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.