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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 18, 20244 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 2024, 2:42 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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: Jun 18, 2024, 2:42 AM CDT (07:42 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2024, 3:45 AM CDT
In force: 63 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 99 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jun 18, 2:08 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	6 hr

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 Jun 18, 12:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 18, 12:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 17, 6:39 PM CDT, 8 hours 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 1:00 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 1:45 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
145 AM CDT Tue Jun 18 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0110 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Logan Center            47.80N 97.82W
06/18/2024  M61 MPH          Grand Forks        ND   Mesonet

            Measured gust at Logan Center NDAWN 33 ft
            sensor.

0107 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Dazey                   47.19N 98.20W
06/18/2024  M72 MPH          Barnes             ND   Mesonet

            Measured gust at Dazey NDAWN 10ft sensor.

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:23 AM CDT, 19 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 2:34 AM CDT, 8 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
Jun 18, 12:30 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey, Steele, Walsh	45 min
Jun 18, 1:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Barnes, Griggs, Steele	30 min
Jun 18, 1:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	50 min
Jun 18, 1:23 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Griggs, Steele, Traill	52 min
Jun 18, 1:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	51 min
Jun 18, 2:07 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Cass, Steele, Traill	23 min
Jun 18, 2:11 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	49 min
Jun 18, 2:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Cass, Steele, Traill	38 min
Jun 18, 2:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent, Traill	40 min
Jun 18, 2:58 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Grand Forks	6 hr
Jun 18, 3:24 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Cass	66 min
Jun 18, 3:25 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	65 min
Jun 18, 4:27 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland, Sargent	63 min
Jun 18, 3:19 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Polk	6 hr
Jun 18, 4:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen and 3 more	55 min
Jun 18, 5:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena	31 min
Jun 18, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Marshall	23 hr
Jun 18, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Polk	19 hr
Jun 18, 1:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Hubbard	43 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.