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 Jul 30, 7:55 PM CST, 5 hours 15 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 855 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2005 .DISCUSSION...UPPER LEVEL SHORTWAVE AND JET CURRENTLY OVERHEAD IS OUTRUNNING THE LOW LEVEL TROUGH IN CENTRAL ND. THE ONE-TIME THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BIS CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THEY APPROACHING ND/SD BORDER NORTHWEST OF ABR. EXPECT ATTM THAT THEY WILL DIMINISH AND NOT REACH EXTREME SOUTHEAST ND. A NEW CELL 35NM NW OF CWPO SEEMS A DIFFERENT STORY AS IT HAS DEVELOPED ON THE WARM FRONT THAT EXTENDS TOWARD THE EAST. WILL WATCH TO SEE IF THIS WILL DEVELOP FURTHER INTO A CLUSTER OF STRONGER STORMS AS IT TRACKS EAST-SOUTHEAST ALONG THE BOUNDARY. HOWEVER...THE BEST JET DIVERGENCE AND THE SHORTWAVE IS ALSO OUTRUNNING IT AND THE BEST MOISTURE CONVERGENCE AND WARM ADVECTION ACCORDING TO RUC MODEL (WHICH APPEARS TO HAVE A GOOD HANDLE) WILL BE MAINLY NORTH OF THE BORDER. PLAN TO REMOVE THUNDER FROM FORECASTS EXCEPT FOR NORTHWEST MN AND NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. DO NOT EXPECT SEVERE STORMS TO DEVELOP TONIGHT BUT BEARS WATCHING. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && GV
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 632 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2005 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-311131- BARNES ND-BENSON ND-CASS ND-CAVALIER ND-CLAY MN-EAST BECKER MN- EAST MARSHALL MN-EAST OTTER TAIL MN-EAST POLK MN- EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-EDDY ND-GRAND FORKS ND-GRANT MN-GRIGGS ND- HUBBARD MN-KITTSON MN-LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-MAHNOMEN MN-NELSON ND- NORMAN MN-NORTH BELTRAMI MN-NORTH CLEARWATER MN-PEMBINA ND- PENNINGTON MN-RAMSEY ND-RANSOM ND-RED LAKE MN-RICHLAND ND-ROSEAU MN- SARGENT ND-SOUTH BELTRAMI MN-SOUTH CLEARWATER MN-STEELE ND-TOWNER ND- TRAILL ND-WADENA MN-WEST BECKER MN-WEST MARSHALL MN- WEST OTTER TAIL MN-WEST POLK MN-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-WILKIN MN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...BEMIDJI...DETROIT LAKES...DEVILS LAKE... FARGO...FERGUS FALLS...GRAFTON...GRAND FORKS...LANGDON...ROSEAU... THIEF RIVER FALLS...VALLEY CITY AND WAHPETON 632 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2005 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER FAR NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A WARM FRONT WILL LIFT NORTH THROUGH THE REGION TODAY. BY THIS EVENING THE FRONT WILL BE ORIENTED ROUGHLY ALONG HIGHWAY 2. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ALONG AND NORTH OF THE FRONT MAINLY AFTER 5 PM CDT. A FEW OF THESE STORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH THE PRIMARY HAZARD BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE SEVERE THREAT SHOULD DIMINISH BY MIDNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE NEXT CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE WEDNESDAY AS A COLD FRONT SWINGS THROUGH THE REGION. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. VOELKER
EXPERIMENTAL...WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 694 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 132 AM CDT SUN JUL 31 2005 MNC007-077-135-311100- /E.NEW.KFGF.SV.A.0694.050731T0630Z-050731T1100Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 694 IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 2 COUNTIES BELTRAMI LAKE OF THE WOODS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 1 COUNTY ROSEAU INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BEMIDJI AND ROSEAU.
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 190 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 07:11 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Large trees were blown down in a shelterbelt. Large branches were also blown down around a yard. Pea to half-inch hail fell.
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