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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 13, 2021Beltrami County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Oct 13, 2021, 8:09 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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: Oct 13, 2021, 8:09 PM CDT (01:09 UTC)
Expired: Oct 13, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 40
Spout: Possible

County Beltrami County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 159 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 571 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 433 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 533 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

859 
WWUS83 KFGF 140109
SPSFGF

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
809 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021
 
MNZ009-016-017-140200-
North Beltrami MN-North Clearwater MN-South Beltrami MN-
809 PM CDT Wed Oct 13 2021

...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of western Beltrami and
northern Clearwater Counties through 900 PM CDT...

At 808 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms
capable of producing a landspout along a line extending from near
Berner to near Debs. Movement was north at 55 mph.

HAZARD...Landspouts and winds in excess of 40 mph.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds 
         could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured 
         objects.

Strong thunderstorms will be near...
  Berner around 810 PM CDT.
  Island Lake in Beltrami County around 815 PM CDT.
  Lower Red Lake, Little Rock and Red Lake around 825 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these storms include Carmel, Jelle,
Fourtown, southwestern Upper Red Lake and Malcolm.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building. 

&&

LAT...LON 4845 9558 4829 9489 4757 9506 4784 9557
TIME...MOT...LOC 0108Z 181DEG 48KT 4785 9549 4768 9515 

LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.00 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH

$$

Lynch

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 7:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Clearwater	41 min
Oct 13, 7:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Polk, Red Lake	42 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.