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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 24, 2021Benson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 24, 2021, 12:05 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. 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 24, 2021, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired: Aug 24, 2021, 12:30 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 50

County Benson County, ND

The radar

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Aug 24, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 10:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 3:41 AM CDT, 8 hours 24 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 24, 12:05 PM CDT, 0 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
Aug 24, 12:47 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	58 min
Aug 24, 1:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Richland, Sargent	63 min
Aug 24, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Barnes	15 min
Aug 24, 1:43 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom	32 min
Aug 24, 2:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	46 min
Aug 24, 2:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cass, Traill	57 min
Aug 24, 3:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant	55 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.