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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 128, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 3, 2024, 12:05 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. 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 counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 3, 2024, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2024, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Beltrami County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 185 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 19 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -310 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1214 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 5 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 157 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning 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 severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 3, 9:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 3, 9:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 650 AM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024 MNZ002-003-016-017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ039-049-052-053-041200- Norman-Clay-North Clearwater-South Beltrami-Mahnomen- South Clearwater-Hubbard-West Becker-East Becker-Wilkin- West Otter Tail-East Otter Tail-Wadena-Grant-Cass-Ransom-Sargent- Richland- 650 AM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight There is a level 2 out of 5 severe thunderstorm risk Saturday afternoon and early evening across parts of west central Minnesota and extreme southeast North Dakota, with a level 1 risk surrounding it just north to near Bemidji and Fargo. The main hazards will be very large hail and damaging wind gusts. General storm motion...Moving toward the southeast at 25 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required today. MNZ001-004>009-013>015-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054- 041200- West Polk-Kittson-Roseau-Lake Of The Woods-West Marshall- East Marshall-North Beltrami-Pennington-Red Lake-East Polk-Towner- Cavalier-Pembina-Benson-Ramsey-Eastern Walsh-Eddy-Nelson- Grand Forks-Griggs-Steele-Traill-Barnes-Western Walsh- 650 AM CDT Sat Aug 3 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms expected across the region this morning into early afternoon. The main hazard will be lightning. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated today.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Aug 3, 11:30 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 2:57 PM CDT | Heat Advisory | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 4 hr |
| Aug 3, 7:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Roseau | 37 min |
| Aug 3, 8:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Roseau | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 8:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 52 min |
| Aug 3, 9:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 59 min |
| Aug 3, 9:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 10:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 10:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 23 min |
| Aug 3, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 11:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 11:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 11:55 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 50 min |
| Aug 3, 2:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Red Lake | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Beltrami | 27 min |
| Aug 3, 4:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Hubbard | 20 min |
| Aug 3, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Hubbard | 8 min |
| Aug 3, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 40 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.