1 thunderstorm wind, as filed by the National Weather Service.
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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Aug 19, 2:17 AM CST, 3 hours 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 317 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 2005 .SHORT TERM... SFC MAP SHOWS WEAK BOUNDARY LOCATED ALONG A ROSEAU-MAYVILLE TO FORMAN ND LINE WITH SOUTH WINDS AND DEW PTS IN THE MID 60S EAST OF THIS BOUNDARY AND NORTHWEST WINDS AND DEW PTS IN THE 50S WEST OF THIS BOUNDARY. NOT REAL PLEASED WITH HOW 00Z RUN OF GFS/NAM HANDLING CURRENT WX. YESTERDAYS 00Z GFS INDICATING SHORT WAVE AND PCPN BLOB HEADED FOR SE ND LOOKS LIKE THE WINNER. SHORT WAVE ON WATER VAPOR OVER CNTRL SD MOVING NORTHEAST. WILL NEED TO INCLUDE LIKELY POPS THRU NOON FOR MOST AREAS (ALL BUT DVL ZONE) WHERE 30 POPS WILL SUFFICE. SYSTEM IS MOVING SUFFICIENTLY FAST AND ECHOES ARE NOT THAT STRONG....SO WIDESPREAD 1+ INCH RAINS NOT ANTICIPATED. USED HPC QPF GRIDDS FOR LOCAL QPF GRIDDS WHICH INDICATE GENERAL ONE HALF TO THREE QUARTERS INCH SE ND INTO NW/WCNTRL MN. LOOKS LIKE MAIN ACTION OVER WITH IN ERN ND BY 18Z....BUT CONTINUING OVER WCNTRL MN THIS AFTN. ALSO...WIDESPREAD DENSE FOG HAS FORMED OVER THE PKD/ADC AREAS SO WILL INCLUDE A MENTION OF FOG THRU 14Z IN GRIDDS. ONCE CLOUDS MOVING IN SHOULD SEE SOME IMPROVING VSBYS. MAIN COLD FRONT WILL PASS TONIGHT. 00Z NAM QPF OVER ERN ND THIS EVENING SEEMS TOO HIGH. WILL INCLUDE SOME SHOWER THREAT WITH FRONT THOUGH UPSTREAM IN ERN MT NOT MUCH THERE. UPPER LEVEL LOW TO PASS NORTH OF AREA LATE TONIGHT INTO SATURDAY MORNING....WITH WRAPAROUND CLOUDS LIKELY OVER NE 1/2 OF FCST AREA ON SATURDAY WITH SOME DECREASE IN CLDS SAT AFTN AS COLD POOL MOVES AWAY. KEPT THREAT FOR -SHRA CLOSE TO UPR LOW IN LAKE OF WOODS REGION. HIGH TO BUILD IN SAT NIGHT THRU SUNDAY. SAT NIGHT WILL BE SEASONABLY COOL WITH LOWS IN THE 40S ALL AREAS. PLEASANT ON SUNDAY WITH LIGHT WINDS AND HIGH TEMPS IN THE UPR 60S TO MID 70S. .LONG TERM... NO CHANGES NEEDED. WARMING TREND MON-TUE AS 500 MB RIDGE BUILDS INTO AREA AHD OF NEXT TROUGH AND SFC LOW/FRONT DUE TO IMPACT AREA WED. SOME TIMING ISSUES RUN TO RUN...BUT OVERALL BEST THREAT IS ON WED-WED NIGHT. DID JUST GO -SHRA INSTEAD OF THUNDER ON THURSDAY AS AREA BEHIND FRONT AND NR 500 MB TROUGH AND COOLER SFC AIRMASS. && .AVIATION... ANOTHER HODGEPODGE TODAY. AREAS OF LOW CLOUDS THIS MORNING MIXED IN WITH SOME SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. FEEL THAT BY LATE MORNING MOST CLOUDS WILL BE IN THE 3000 TO 5000 FT RANGE AT TAF SITES. WILL END THREAT FOR PCPN AT FAR/GFK BY 16Z. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && RIDDLE
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 166 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:52 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Power lines were blown down in southern Wilkin county. The power was knocked out to the MNDOT RWIS site near Tenney.
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