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Special Weather Statement, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this special weather statement at Aug 5, 2022, 11:08 PM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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 5, 2022, 11:08 PM CDT (04:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 5, 2022, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Hail
- 0.25 in
- Wind
- 50
County Clay County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 273 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2519 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2092 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 238 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.3
The text
As transmitted.
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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 5, 11:03 PM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 5, 11:03 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 349 AM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022 MNZ004-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-028-054-060900- Kittson-Towner-Cavalier-Pembina-Benson-Ramsey-Eastern Walsh-Eddy- Nelson-Griggs-Western Walsh- 349 AM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation will not be needed. MNZ001>003-005>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ027-029-030-038- 039-049-052-053-060900- West Polk-Norman-Clay-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-Grand Forks-Steele-Traill-Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent- Richland- 349 AM CDT Fri Aug 5 2022 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight A Heat Advisory is effect for far southeast North Dakota this afternoon and early evening. Scattered severe thunderstorms are possible from 6 pm to 11 pm today. 1.75 inch diameter hail, 70 mph wind gusts, and localized flash flooding are possible with these storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be needed this evening.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 5, 9:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 5, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Sargent | 31 min |
| Aug 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 55 min |
| Aug 5, 10:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cass, Richland | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 7:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 35 min |
| Aug 5, 8:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman | 29 min |
| Aug 5, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 37 min |
| Aug 5, 8:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater, Mahnomen, Polk | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 23 min |
| Aug 5, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 34 min |
| Aug 5, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 42 min |
| Aug 5, 9:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 28 min |
| Aug 5, 9:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clay | 27 min |
| Aug 5, 10:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clay | 31 min |
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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.