Strong thunderstorms across portions of west central Minnesota produced a strong wind gust in Wadena County.
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Strong thunderstorms across portions of west central Minnesota produced a strong wind gust in Wadena County.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jun 24, 7:33 PM CST, 4 hours 27 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 833 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 .UPDATE... FOCUS TONIGHT IS ON CONVECTION. MAIN SVR COMPLEX HAS BEEN MOVING SOUTHEAST FROM WEST OF BISMARCK NOW DOWN TO MOBRIDGE. MVMT HAS BEEN VERY SLOW AS MID LEVEL WIND FIELDS WEAK. THERE HAS BEEN INCREASING ACTIVITY NORTH OF THIS COMPLEX AIDED BY 25-30 KT 850 MB JET AND EDGE OF 850 MB INSTABILITY AXIS. THIS 850 MB INSTABILITY AXIS TO SHIFT EAST TONIGHT WITH THREAT FOR SVR SPREADING EASTWARD INTO SE ND THIS EVENING...BUT ATMOSPHERE LOOKS TO REMAIN MUCH MORE STABLE NORTH OF THIS INTO NE ND. BOTH GFS/NAM OVERDOING DEW PTS ONCE YOU GET NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94...LIMITING SFC BASED INSTABLITY AND 850 MB JET AND INSTABILITY GRADIENT HUGS I-94 AREA. UPDATED WX STORY TO HIGHLIGHT SVR THREAT FOR SE ND AND TO REMOVE NE ND/NW MN. MID LEVEL FLOW IS WEAK SO MOVEMENT OF ANY OF THESE CELLS NOT LIKELY TO BE TOO FAST. HAIL THE MAIN THREAT BUT FREEZING LEVELS NR 13 KFT PRETTY HIGH. DID UPDATE DEW PTS THRU WEDNESDAY AND TWEEKED A FEW TEMPS. && .PREV DISCUSSION... /ISSUED 225 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008/ DISCUSSION... FORECAST CHALLENGE CONCERNS MAINLY TEMPERATURES AND PCPN CHANCES. MODELS OVERALL IN PRETTY GOOD AGREEMENT...ESPECIALLY IN THE SHORT TERM...AND WILL USE BLEND FOR FORECAST. ORGANIZED SURFACE LOW ALONG SE MT/SW ND BORDER AHEAD OF ADVANCING SHORT WAVE IN E MT. MAXIMUM MSAS PRESSURE FALLS JUST DOWNSTREAM FROM LOW AND EXPECT FEATURE TO PROPAGATE EASTWARD INTO SW ND BY EVENING. AT THIS TIME EXPECT CONVECTIVE INITIATION NEAR LOW WITH CONVECTIVE TEMPERATURES IN THE MID 80S SO AROUND MID AFTERNOON. THIS AREA ON NOSE OF 60 DEGREE SURFACE DEWPOINTS...MAXIMUM LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE AND FRONTOGENETIC FORCING. MAXIMUM INSTABILITY/CAPE AND LOW LEVEL MOISTURE ACROSS SOUTH THIRD OF FA THIS EVENING AND WILL SEE EASTWARD EXPANDING FAVORABLE BULK SHEAR AS WAVE SHIFTS EAST. AS A RESULT EXPECT BEST T POTENTIAL ACROSS SOUTHERN THIRD OF FA THIS EVENING SHIFTING INTO NW/WEST CENTRAL MN LATE EVENING OR AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW LEVEL JET NOT REAL IMPRESSIVE AFT 06Z SO DO NOT EXPECT SEVERE POTENTIAL MUCH AFTER MIDNIGHT. LOW LEVEL MOIST FLUX AND SOME CLOUD COVER WILL HOLD TEMPERATURES UP AND WILL FOLLOW NUMERICAL GUIDANCE WHICH IS IN GOOD AGREEMENT. WILL LIKELY SEE ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS MN WED MAINLY BEFORE NOON AS SHORT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED BOUNDARY COMPLETES ITS PASSAGE ACROSS FA. FOLLOWING THIS FEEL PCPN POTENTIAL PRETTY LOW INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT. AIRMASS WILL REMAIN SLIGHTLY UNSTABLE AND WITH ZONAL FLOW ANY MINOR IMPULSE COULD ACT UPON RESIDUAL MESOSCALE BOUNDARY TO KICK OF SOME CONVECTION BUT CONFIDENCE LOW. HAVE KEPT SLIGHT CHANCE POPS GOING INTO EVENING THEN PULLED POPS REMAINDER OF PERIOD. COLUMN DOES COOL SLIGHTLY IN WAKE OF FROPA SO TEMPERATURES WILL BE A FEW DEGREES COOLER WED-WED NIGHT. MOST OF THURSDAY ALSO LOOKS QUIET AHEAD OF NEXT SHORTWAVE. WARM ADVECTION/RETURN FLOW INCREASES AS SURFACE LOW SHIFTS EAST INTO CENTRAL DAKOTAS BY 00Z FRIDAY. DEGREE OF WARM ADVECTION CLOUD COVER WILL GOVERN TEMPERATURES HOWEVER TEMPERATURES SHOULD BE ATLEAST A COUPLE DEGREES WARMER. WILL PULL POPS THIS PERIOD AS ANY CONVECTION LOOKS TO BE LATER IN DAY WITH CAPPING. ACTIVE PERIOD THURSDAY NIGHT OVER THE DAKOTAS EXPANDING LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY ACROSS MN AS NEXT WAVE AND ASSOCIATED COLD FRONT PROPAGATES THROUGH FA. TOUGH TO PINPOINT EXACT LOCATION OF THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX HOWEVER FAVORED INSTABILITY AND CAPE SHIFTS ACROSS SOUTHERN FA SO WILL UP POPS THIS AREA. WILL KEEP LOW POPS GOING FRIDAY WITH PASSAGE OF SHEAR AXIS. LONG TERM (SAT-TUE)... MODELS IN GOOD AGREEMENT WITH MAIN FEATURES THROUGH THE EXTENDED. AS ZONAL FLOW BECOMES MORE AMPLIFIED WITH A SHORT WAVE BY SATURDAY. LOWER THICKNESSES BEHIND SW REALIZE COOLER TEMPERATURES FOR SAT WITH LINGERING PRECIP CHANCES EAST OF THE VALLEY. MODELS SUGGEST PROGRESSIVE FLOW MOVING THE SYSTEM EAST QUICKLY ALLOWING 500MB HEIGHTS TO BEGIN TO INCREASE SUNDAY AND MONDAY AS INTERMOUNTAIN WEST RIDGE TILTS EAST. 850MB TEMPS ALSO CLIMB TO NEAR 20C ACROSS PORTIONS OF FA. SW ENERGY APPEARS TO RIDE THE RIDGE NORTH INTO CANADA SO KEPT POPS OUT OF THE FORECAST WITH TEMPS RANGING NEAR SEASONAL NORMALS EARLY NEXT WEEK. AVIATION... TSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS THIS AFTERNOON AND MOVE EAST ACROSS THE FA AREA. TONIGHT AND THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS TOMORROW EXPECT CIGS TO BE AROUND 5000FT WITH ANY TS. BEST BET FOR STORMS AT A SPECIFIC TAF SITE IS FARGO FROM 03-09Z...VCTS EXPECTED FOR OTHER TAF SITES. OTHERWISE VFR CONDITIONS APPLY WHEN NOT AFFECTED BY THUNDERSTORMS. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && RIDDLE
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 326 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-252030- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-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-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 326 PM CDT TUE JUN 24 2008 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND WESTERN PARTS OF THE REGION TONIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO THE REGION LATER THIS EVENING ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM DEVILS LAKE TO MAYVILLE NORTH DAKOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY HAZARD ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE. THE STORMS WILL MOST LIKELY MOVE IN FROM CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AFTER 8PM CDT AND SHOULD DIMINISH IN INTENSITY AFTER MIDNIGHT. STORMS WILL LIKELY CONTINUE INTO PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA DURING THE OVERNIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY NIGHT OVER THE ENTIRE FORECAST AREA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED THIS EVENING. VOELKER
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 206 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 05:58 UTC.
1 thunderstorm wind. Local standard time, as filed.
Several large 3 to 5 inch tree branches were blown down around town, which resulted in scattered power outages.
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