Thunderstorms formed over the Devils Lake region along a cold frontal boundary and low pressure system. Storms also initiated along the warm front which extended down into southeast North Dakota.
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Thunderstorms formed over the Devils Lake region along a cold frontal boundary and low pressure system. Storms also initiated along the warm front which extended down into southeast North Dakota. Afternoon temperatures topped out in the low to mid 80s with dew points around 70. By mid evening of the 25th the storm tracked into the northwest quarter of Minnesota. Many reports of large hail, strong winds, and heavy rain were received.
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 25, 8:53 PM CST, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 953 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 .UPDATE... ISSUED AT 949 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 BRIEF UPDATE WITH ONGOING SEVERE WEATHER AND FLOODING. ADJUSTED POPS TO ACCOUNT FOR CLUSTER OF STRONG STORMS ALONG SOUTHERN VALLEY. NO OTHER CHANGES. FEEL CURRENT CONVECTION WILL TRANSITION TO FURTHER HEAVY RAIN AREAS. WILL BE WATCHING NORTHERN VALLEY CLOSELY FOR POTENTIAL OF STRONG WINDS WITH LINE OF STORMS. AFTER BACK BUILDING STORMS DOES LOOK LIKE STORMS BEGINNING TO LIFT NORTH OF THE FARGO AREA. UPDATE ISSUED AT 628 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ONLY CHANGES THIS UPDATE WAS TO PUSH HIGHER POPS A BIT EAST BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS. WITH LACK OF SHEAR CONVECTION PULSES UP A FEW VOLUME SCANS THEN WEAKENS. STILL POTENTIAL FOR WIND...HAIL AND MAY END UP WITH POTENTIAL FLOODING ISSUES HOWEVER UPSTREAM CONVECTION WEST OF DVL WEAKENING. WILL CONTINUE TO MONITOR THROUGH THE EVENING. REMAINDER OF FORECAST OK. && .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 318 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 THE MAIN CONCERN WILL BE SEVERE AND HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. LAPS ANALYSIS INDICATING MLCAPE 3500-4500 J/KG ALONG SURFACE BOUNDARY ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA (WEST OF THE FA) WITH MLCAPE 2500-3500 J/KG ACROSS THE WESTERN FA. MLCIN IS NOW LESS THAN 10 J/KG ALONG THE BOUNDARY...BUT STILL AROUND 30 J/KG ACROSS THE WESTERN FA. WATER VAPOR IMAGERY INDICATES A MID-LEVEL TROUGH APPROACHING THIS AREA...AND SATELLITE IMAGERY INDICATING VERTICAL DEVELOPMENT ALONG THE SURFACE BOUNDARY. CONVECTIVE INITIATION SEEMS CERTAIN. ALTHOUGH DEEP LAYER SHEAR IS VERY WEAK...AOB 20 KNOTS...THE VERY STRONG INSTABILITY SHOULD BE ABLE TO PROMOTE SEVERE STORMS INTO THE EVENING HOURS. WILL INCLUDE T+ (SEVERE) FOR AREAS WEST OF THE VALLEY WHERE STORMS ARE EXPECTED THIS EVENING. SEVERE THREAT SHOULD BE LIMITED DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS DUE TO WEAK DEEP LAYER SHEAR AND LACK OF A LOW LEVEL JET. THE OTHER THREAT WILL BE HEAVY RAIN POTENTIAL...AND KEPT THE MENTION IN THE FORECAST. HI-RES MODELS CONTINUE TO INDICATE THAT THE ENTIRE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL BECOME MORE PROGRESSIVE THIS EVENING...WHICH SHOULD LIMIT THE AREAL COVERAGE OF HEAVY RAIN. WILL MONITOR AND MAY NEED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IF CONDITIONS INDICATE THAT AREAS ACROSS THE SOUTHERN FA (WHERE THE MOST RAIN OCCURRED LAST WEEK) ARE TO BE AFFECTED WITH A FEW HOURS OF MULTIPLE SLOW MOVING STORMS. WEDNESDAY-WEDNESDAY NIGHT...LOW LEVEL BOUNDARY WILL BE NEAR THE NE FA AND MODELS UNCERTAIN HOW QUICKLY THIS FEATURE WILL BE ABLE TO PROPAGATE EASTWARD. KEPT CHANCE POPS ACROSS THIS AREA. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY) ISSUED AT 318 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 THURSDAY-FRIDAY...NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT WILL BEGIN TO DEVELOP. AFTERNOON SHOWERS (ISOLD TSTMS) POSSIBLE DEPENDING ON WHERE COLD POOL ALOFT SETS UP...AND DEGREE OF LOW LEVEL MOISTURE. EXPECT BREEZY AFTERNOONS AND TEMPERATURES NEAR NORMAL VALUES. FRIDAY NIGHT-TUESDAY...LONG RANGE MODELS ARE CONSISTENT IN DEPICTING AN AMPLIFIED WESTERN CONUS RIDGE DURING THE EXTENDED PERIOD...WHICH WILL RESULT IN NORTHWEST FLOW ALOFT ACROSS THE FA. A DEPARTING SHRTWV TROF FROM FRIDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY SHOULD PRODUCE SOME LINGERING CLOUDS AND SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHWEST MN ON SATURDAY. GENLY DRY CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED SUNDAY INTO MONDAY. A RETROGRADING WESTERN RIDGE WILL ALLOW SOMEWHAT COOLER AIR TO DROP INTO THE AREA FROM CENTRAL CANADA...WITH TEMPERATURES SLIGHTLY BELOW SEASONAL NORMALS. BY TUESDAY... THE NEXT APPROACHING SHRTWV TROF SHOULD PRODUCE AREAS OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z WEDNESDAY EVENING) ISSUED AT 630 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 MAIN CHALLENGE WILL BE TIMING CONVECTION AS LINE PROPAGATES SLOWLY EAST. NOT SURE HOW THIS WILL PAN OUT. UNLESS LINE BEGINS TO BOW WITH WIND THREAT WILL BE SOME TIME BEFORE REACHING THE VALLEY. FOR THIS ONLY MENTIONED T VCNTY AT GFK AND FAR. WILL MONITOR AND UPDATE THROUGH THE EVENING AS NECESSARY. && .HYDROLOGY... ISSUED AT 100 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 THE RED RIVER AT WAHPETON HAS CRESTED AND THE RIVER LEVEL HAS RECEDED BACK TO MINOR FLOOD STAGE. THE SHEYENNE AT HARWOOD WILL EASE BELOW FLOOD STAGE THIS AFTERNOON. OTHERWISE...MINOR FLOODING CONTINUES AT FARGO...SABIN... DILWORTH AND WEST FARGO. SOME LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL IS POSSIBLE TONIGHT...WHICH COULD IMPACT RIVER STAGES IF IT FALLS OVER ALREADY SWOLLEN RIVERS IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && UPDATE...VOELKER SHORT TERM...TG LONG TERM...TG/GUST AVIATION...VOELKER HYDROLOGY...WJB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 557 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-261100- 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-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- WESTERN WALSH- 557 AM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON...THEN MOVE EAST TONIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS WILL BE IN THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN INTO SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM 4 PM UNTIL 10 PM...WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE MAIN THREAT. LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT THE AREA TONIGHT...ALONG WITH SOME FLOODING POSSIBLE WHERE STORMS PERSIST. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED...ALTHOUGH SOME SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN IS POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. DK
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1013 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 MNZ001-007-008-013>015-260400- EAST MARSHALL MN-EAST POLK MN-PENNINGTON MN-RED LAKE MN-WEST MARSHALL MN-WEST POLK MN- 1013 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR SOUTHERN MARSHALL...WESTERN POLK...WESTERN RED LAKE AND PENNINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1100 PM CDT... AT 1010 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM NEAR CROOKSTON...OR 23 MILES EAST OF GRAND FORKS... MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL UP TO ONE-HALF INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. THE STORM WILL BE NEAR... PERAULT...HUOT AND DOROTHY AROUND 1025 PM CDT. RED LAKE FALLS AROUND 1030 PM CDT. WYLIE AROUND 1035 PM CDT. ST. HILAIRE AROUND 1040 PM CDT. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4821 9646 4817 9573 4759 9652 4768 9680 TIME...MOT...LOC 0312Z 214DEG 37KT 4781 9660 JAM/JAR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1024 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
0815 PM HAIL CHRISTINE 46.58N 96.81W
06/25/2013 E1.75 INCH RICHLAND ND BROADCAST MEDIA
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HOPKINSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1031 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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1030 PM TSTM WND DMG 5 S MICHIGAN 47.95N 98.12W
06/25/2013 NELSON ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
TREES BLOWN DOWN.
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HOPKINSPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1034 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
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..REMARKS..
1033 PM TSTM WND DMG GRAND FORKS 47.92N 97.07W
06/25/2013 GRAND FORKS ND AMATEUR RADIO
3 INCH DIAMETER TREE BLOWN DOWN ON THE SOUTH END OF TOWN.
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HOPKINSSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1034 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 MNZ001-007-008-013-NDZ016-027-260430- EAST MARSHALL MN-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY ND-GRAND FORKS ND-PENNINGTON MN-WEST MARSHALL MN-WEST POLK MN- 1034 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013 ...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR EASTERN WALSH...WESTERN MARSHALL...NORTHWESTERN POLK...NORTHERN GRAND FORKS AND EXTREME NORTHWESTERN PENNINGTON COUNTIES UNTIL 1130 PM CDT... AT 1029 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR LARIMORE TO FISHER...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THE STORM...ALONG WITH HEAVY RAIN. BE PREPARED TO TAKE SHELTER IF THE STORMS INTENSIFY AND BECOME SEVERE...OR A WARNING IS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TORRENTIAL RAIN...WHICH MAY FLOOD LOW LYING AREAS SUCH AS DITCHES AND UNDERPASSES...IS ALSO LIKELY. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE ON A FLOODED ROADWAY. LAT...LON 4854 9736 4853 9622 4768 9680 4801 9787 TIME...MOT...LOC 0330Z 220DEG 21KT 4799 9756 JAM/JAR
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1039 PM CDT TUE JUN 25 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
1015 PM HAIL CHRISTINE 46.58N 96.81W
06/25/2013 E2.00 INCH RICHLAND ND BROADCAST MEDIA
HAIL REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK PHOTO... GOLF BALL TO HEN EGG
SIZED.
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GGUSTThe Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 117 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:06 UTC.
12 thunderstorm wind, 2 flash flood, 2 flood, 1 tornado, 1 funnel cloud, 1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.
A few trees and several large branches were blown down in various shelterbelts in northern Deerhorn Township.
A large tree was blown down across county road 7.
The tornado touched down about a mile west of the airport and tracked to the Interstate 94 exit north of town by 2230 CST. The tornado continued to about four miles northeast of town, a track length of about seven miles. The tornado was likely wrapped in heavy rain during portions of this track. One livestock loafing shed was lifted and collapsed and several trees were knocked down. Peak winds were estimated at 80 mph.
A funnel cloud was observed between Kent and Wolverton.
The peak wind was measured by the AWOS at the Hallock airport. Several structures were damaged at the North Star Industries facility located south of the airport.
At least one large oak tree and several large tree branches were blown down in and near Hallock.
Four inch diameter tree branches were blown down near Clay County Road 10 between Donner and Rollag.
Several trees were blown down, blocking a township road in rural St. Joseph Township.
Widespread flooding was reported in and around Wolverton. A total of 8.25 inches of rain was reported in town with over nine inches reported just outside of town to the south.
A few trees were toppled in shelterbelts along U. S. Highway 75.
Water was reported over U. S. Highway 75 near Kent.
Several large trees and tree branches were blown down by the wind.
Several large trees and large tree branches were blown down across portions of Home Lake and Flom townships in southeast Norman County. East of Flom falling trees damaged a barn roof and several smaller sheds.
Numerous large trees were blown down near Waubun and in rural areas of Poplar Grove and Lake Grove townships.
Several large trees and large tree branches were broken down in Naytahwaush and across northern portions of the White Earth State Forest.
A few four to six inch diameter tree branches were broken down around the park. Very strong winds blew for several minutes.
Overland flooding developed over portions of Holy Cross Township drained by Wolverton Creek. Four to eight inches of rainfall during the preceding evening collected in farm fields, ditches, and smaller streams through the early morning then steadily drained towards Wolverton Creek and the Red River. Wolverton Creek overtopped and partially washed out rural and township roads at several locations.
Overland flooding developed over portions of Wolverton Township drained by Wolverton Creek. Six to ten inches of very heavy rainfall the preceding evening collected in farm fields, ditches, and smaller streams through the early morning then steadily drained towards Wolverton Creek and the Red River. Wolverton Creek overtopped and partially washed out rural township and county roads at several locations.
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