A storm developed over Bemidji, in Beltrami county Minnesota, and was stationary for a period of time. In this period, 2 - 5 inches of rain was estimated over the area from our radar which overwhelmed the city's storm drains.
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A storm developed over Bemidji, in Beltrami county Minnesota, and was stationary for a period of time. In this period, 2 - 5 inches of rain was estimated over the area from our radar which overwhelmed the city's storm drains.
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 9, 5:20 PM CST, 1 hour 19 minutes earlier.
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 620 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023 .UPDATE... Issued at 616 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023 Cold front continues southward this evening, with thunderstorm activity along and ahead of the front. Low level shear, combined with convective updrafts along the many outflow boundaries, has generated an environment that will be favorable for landspout development through the next several hours. The primary region where this may occur is generally south of Highway 200 and west of the Red River. && .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Saturday night) Issued at 302 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023 Convection and smoke will be the main issues for the period. Northwesterly flow aloft with a reinforcing shortwave digging down this afternoon and tonight. This will help push the cold front currently near the international border down through the CWA during the night. There is a good amount of ML CAPE of around 2000 J/kg near the boundary, and effective bulk shear is around 30 kts. A few storms that have crossed into ND have been pulsing up and producing winds just under severe criteria around 50 mph. There will continue to be a few strong to severe cells as the frontal boundary pushes south this evening. HREF has a few paintballs with updraft helicity over 75, but not a lot and at this point it seems probability of severe will be around 10 percent. By 04 to 05Z, even the more bullish CAMs have convection diminishing down to showers and pushing southward out of our CWA. Have some low POPs lingering in our south a bit longer for some post-frontal shower activity, but otherwise should start to become more quiet on the precipitation side of things as we head through tonight and into tomorrow. With a large amount of Canadian wildfires upstream of both upper flow and surface winds, seeing some smoke will be a possibility late tonight into tomorrow. The HRRR and RAP both have some high vertically integrated smoke coming into our northern counties this evening, so continued the trend of including higher sky cover even with clearing behind the front. Surface smoke is more questionable, with Canadian and domestic models both showing only small concentrations of low level smoke. There will be good mixing behind the cold front, but not confident enough to include in the grids at this point. Saturday will be pretty quiet with cold air advection continuing. Northeast winds will get somewhat breezy with gusts up into the 25 to 30 mph range in eastern ND. However, temperatures will be quite a bit cooler than they have been recently, and the afternoon RH values should stay mostly above 30 percent. The only area where they could get close to 30 percent will be in our northeastern counties, where winds are expected to be lower. Thus, think fire danger will not be too much of an issue on Saturday. Conditions will be cool and quiet Saturday night with high pressure and temperatures dropping into the upper 40s in some areas. .LONG TERM...(Sunday through Friday) Issued at 302 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023 Sunday and Monday...Conditions remain fairly quiet with the main upper low lingering over the Great Lakes. Surface high pressure remains across the Plains, with relatively dry air coming down out of Canada. Remains to be seen if we get any high or surface level smoke from Canadian wildfires, as smoke models don't go out that far, but will keep an eye out. Temperatures will be close to seasonal averages on Sunday, but start to rise a bit on Monday as upper ridging builds in to our west. Tuesday through Friday...The upper ridge over the western Plains starts to break down a bit and move eastward. There is the potential for some ridge riding shortwaves to come down into our area, but much will depend on exact timing of the ridge breaking down and particulars of small scale features that cannot be resolved at this point. By Thursday, there is decent agreement on the main ridge axis moving into MN, with more of a trough building into the Northern Rockies and then into the Plains on Friday. Cluster analysis has an even split with the strength of the upper trough, with some holding the ridge in the central CONUS a bit stronger and other solutions showing fairly strong troughing in Manitoba/North Dakota. Precip chances should be increasing for the end of the week with the trough over us or approaching, but specifics hard to nail down. Temperatures will rise back above seasonal averages by mid-week. && .AVIATION...(For the 00Z TAFS through 00Z Saturday evening) Issued at 612 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023 Primary impacts to aviation this evening will be convective activity in association with an approaching cold front. Sites most likely to see VCTS will be KFAR, KBJI, and KTVF. A few reports of landspouts have been noted as of 23Z, with a supportive environment prevailing through around 02Z. Outside of tstorm activity, VFR conditions prevail, along with generally light winds through around 06Z. After that, winds will increase slightly, with gusts into the 20 to 25 knot range. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...None. MN...None. && UPDATE...Lynch SHORT TERM...JR LONG TERM...JR AVIATION...Lynch
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 504 AM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-101015- 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- 504 AM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Scattered thunderstorms are expected across the region this afternoon into early evening, best chance between 3PM to 9PM. The main impact will be lightning. A few thunderstorms may be strong bringing gusty winds and small hail. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
503 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0427 PM Tstm Wnd Gst 2 E Logan Center 47.80N 97.77W
06/09/2023 E48 MPH Grand Forks ND Mesonet
NDAWN report.
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TTSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
533 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
NDZ028>030-038-039-092315-
Griggs ND-Steele ND-Traill ND-Barnes ND-Cass ND-
533 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northwestern Cass,
southwestern Traill, southeastern Griggs, northeastern Barnes and
Steele Counties through 615 PM CDT...
At 532 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
capable of producing a landspout near Blabon, or 31 miles north of
Valley City, moving south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Landspouts possible, winds in excess of 40 mph, and penny
size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds
could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured
objects.
Locations impacted include...
Portland, Finley, Hope, Page, Galesburg, Erie and Clifford.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
&&
LAT...LON 4752 9801 4757 9738 4711 9719 4710 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 2232Z 342DEG 21KT 4736 9782
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KentPreliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
540 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0531 PM Funnel Cloud 2 SSW Sherbrooke 47.43N 97.73W
06/09/2023 Steele ND Public
&&
TTSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
615 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
NDZ038-039-092345-
Barnes ND-Cass ND-
615 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northwestern Cass and
central Barnes Counties through 645 PM CDT...
At 615 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms
capable of producing a landspout along a line extending from near
Bald Hill Dam to Hunter. Movement was south at 25 mph.
HAZARD...Landspouts, winds in excess of 40 mph, and nickel size
hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds
could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured
objects.
Locations impacted include...
Valley City, Casselton, Mapleton, Arthur, Hunter, Tower City and
Page.
This includes Interstate 94 in North Dakota between mile markers 275
and 340.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4723 9821 4724 9763 4724 9713 4685 9701
4683 9839
TIME...MOT...LOC 2315Z 358DEG 22KT 4710 9810 4719 9722
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KentSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
635 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
MNZ017-024-100000-
Hubbard MN-South Beltrami MN-
635 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northeastern Hubbard
and south central Beltrami Counties through 700 PM CDT...
At 635 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Bemidji, moving south at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Bemidji, Plantagenet Lake, Wilton, Lavinia, Rosby, Lake Bemidji State
Park and Nary.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4727 9504 4753 9504 4757 9478 4735 9467
4733 9467 4732 9466
TIME...MOT...LOC 2335Z 348DEG 17KT 4744 9488
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KentSpecial Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
649 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
NDZ038-039-049-100015-
Ransom ND-Barnes ND-Cass ND-
649 PM CDT Fri Jun 9 2023
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of northern Ransom,
southwestern Cass and southeastern Barnes Counties through 715 PM
CDT...
At 648 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm
capable of producing a landspout over Lucca, or 20 miles southeast of
Valley City, moving south at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Landspouts, winds in excess of 40 mph, and penny size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Gusty winds
could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured
objects.
Locations impacted include...
Enderlin, Sheldon, Fingal, Fort Ransom, Nome, Kathryn and Alice.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4683 9804 4679 9752 4651 9730 4650 9803
TIME...MOT...LOC 2348Z 348DEG 16KT 4670 9773
LANDSPOUT...POSSIBLE
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...40 MPH
KentThe Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 184 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 00:38 UTC.
1 flash flood. Local standard time, as filed.
Beltrami county emergency manager reports 2.1 inches of rain from personal rain gauge in just under an hour. Storm drains are backing up in town, with flash flooding occurring.
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