Jul 16, 2011 7:35 PM CDT From the InterWARN Weather Center... WWUS53 KFGF 170033 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 733 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 NDC039-170100- /O.CON.KFGF.TO.W.0033.000000T0000Z-110717T0100Z/ GRIGGS ND- 733 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN GRIGGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 800 PM CDT... AT 730 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS OBSERVED AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THE DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HANNAFORD...OR 30 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... COOPERSTOWN AROUND 800 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4749 9806 4725 9797 4724 9844 4737 9848 TIME...MOT...LOC 0033Z 236DEG 8KT 4734 9820 $$ DR/JK WFUS53 KFGF 170010 TORFGF NDC039-170100- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.W.0033.110717T0010Z-110717T0100Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 710 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * TORNADO WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN GRIGGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 800 PM CDT * AT 707 PM CDT...STORM SPOTTERS OBSERVED AND NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO. THE DANGEROUS STORM WAS LOCATED 4 MILES SOUTH OF REVERE...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF VALLEY RADAR SHOWED THE TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE TORNADIC STORM WILL BE NEAR... REVERE AROUND 720 PM CDT. WALUM AROUND 735 PM CDT. HANNAFORD AROUND 745 PM CDT. COOPERSTOWN AROUND 800 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES FOR A STURDY BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4749 9806 4725 9797 4724 9844 4737 9848 TIME...MOT...LOC 0009Z 240DEG 8KT 4730 9832 $$ JK WWUS63 KFGF 162200 WCNFGF WATCH COUNTY NOTIFICATION FOR WATCH 649 NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 500 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 MNC007-027-029-069-077-087-089-107-113-119-125-135-NDC003-005-017- 019-027-035-039-063-067-071-073-091-095-097-099-170500- /O.NEW.KFGF.TO.A.0649.110716T2200Z-110717T0500Z/ THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED TORNADO WATCH 649 IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT TONIGHT FOR THE FOLLOWING AREAS IN MINNESOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 12 COUNTIES IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA BELTRAMI LAKE OF THE WOODS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA CLEARWATER KITTSON MAHNOMEN MARSHALL NORMAN PENNINGTON POLK RED LAKE ROSEAU IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CLAY IN NORTH DAKOTA THIS WATCH INCLUDES 15 COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA BENSON CAVALIER EDDY GRAND FORKS NELSON PEMBINA RAMSEY TOWNER WALSH IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA BARNES CASS GRIGGS RANSOM STEELE TRAILL THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF...ARGYLE...BAGLEY...BAUDETTE... BEMIDJI...CANDO...COOPERSTOWN...CROOKSTON...DEVILS LAKE... EAST GRAND FORKS...ENDERLIN...FARGO...FINLEY...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS...HALLOCK...HALSTAD...LAKOTA...LANGDON...LISBON... MADDOCK...MAHNOMEN...MAYVILLE...MOORHEAD...NEW ROCKFORD... PEMBINA...RED LAKE FALLS...ROSEAU... THIEF RIVER FALLS AND VALLEY CITY. $$ WWUS73 KFGF 162006 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 306 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...HOT AND HUMID INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR AND JUST SLIGHTLY LOWER TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ001>003-014-015-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ024-026>030-038-039-049- 052-053-192015- /O.CON.KFGF.EH.W.0001.000000T0000Z-110720T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN... FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER... WAHPETON 306 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH VERY HUMID AIR... HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE 75 DEGREES. * WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AT 105 OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON... HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAT CAN BECOME VERY STRESSFUL FOR SOME GROUPS...INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ WWUS73 KFGF 162006 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 306 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...HOT AND HUMID INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR AND JUST SLIGHTLY LOWER TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ004>009-013-016-017-NDZ006>008-014>016-054-192015- /O.CON.KFGF.HT.Y.0002.000000T0000Z-110720T0600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER- CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE... GRAFTON...ADAMS 306 PM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY. WITH HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE 95 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ WWUS73 KFGF 161527 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1027 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR AND JUST SLIGHTLY LOWER TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ001>003-014-015-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ027>030-038-039-049-052- 053-191530- /O.EXP.KFGF.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110716T1500Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.EH.W.0001.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 1027 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH VERY HUMID AIR... HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE 75 DEGREES. * WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AT 105 OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON... HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAT CAN BECOME VERY STRESSFUL FOR SOME GROUPS...INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ WWUS73 KFGF 161527 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1027 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR AND JUST SLIGHTLY LOWER TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ004>009-013-016-017-NDZ008-016-191530- /O.EXP.KFGF.FG.Y.0005.000000T0000Z-110716T1500Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.HT.Y.0002.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CAVALIER...GRAFTON 1027 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY HAS EXPIRED... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY. WITH HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE 95 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ WWUS73 KFGF 161527 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1027 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR AND JUST SLIGHTLY LOWER TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. NDZ024-026-191530- /O.CON.KFGF.EH.W.0001.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ EDDY-NELSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA 1027 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH VERY HUMID AIR... HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO STAY ABOVE 75 DEGREES. * WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AT 105 OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON... HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAT CAN BECOME VERY STRESSFUL FOR SOME GROUPS...INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ WWUS73 KFGF 161527 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 1027 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID THIS WEEKEND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HOT AND HUMID AIR WILL LINGER OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF NEXT WEEK. HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO BE HIGHEST ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR AND JUST SLIGHTLY LOWER TO THE NORTH. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. NDZ006-007-014-015-054-191530- /O.CON.KFGF.HT.Y.0002.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...ADAMS 1027 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY. WITH HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE 95 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ WWUS73 KFGF 161149 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 649 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE LAKES COUNTRY OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT THROUGH LATE MORNING. VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHT LOWER NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD STILL CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ001>003-014-015-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ027>030-038-039-049-052- 053-191200- /O.NEW.KFGF.FG.Y.0005.110716T1149Z-110716T1500Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.EH.W.0001.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS- STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE... VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 649 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH 11 AM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH VERY HUMID AIR...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES STAYING ABOVE 75 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AT 105 OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON... HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAT CAN BECOME VERY STRESSFUL FOR SOME GROUPS...INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$ JR WWUS73 KFGF 161149 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 649 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE LAKES COUNTRY OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT THROUGH LATE MORNING. VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHT LOWER NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD STILL CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. NDZ024-026-191200- /O.CON.KFGF.EH.W.0001.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ EDDY-NELSON- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA 649 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH VERY HUMID AIR... HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES STAYING ABOVE 75 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AT 105 OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON... HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAT CAN BECOME VERY STRESSFUL FOR SOME GROUPS...INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JR WWUS73 KFGF 161149 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 649 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE LAKES COUNTRY OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT THROUGH LATE MORNING. VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHT LOWER NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD STILL CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ004>009-013-016-017-NDZ008-016-191200- /O.NEW.KFGF.FG.Y.0005.110716T1149Z-110716T1500Z/ /O.CON.KFGF.HT.Y.0002.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-PEMBINA- EASTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CAVALIER...GRAFTON 649 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...DENSE FOG ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING... ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A DENSE FOG ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 AM CDT THIS MORNING. * AREAS OF DENSE FOG WILL REDUCE VISIBILITIES TO A QUARTER MILE OR LESS AT TIMES THROUGH 11 AM. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS AND USE LOW BEAM HEADLIGHTS. * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY. WITH HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE 95 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. A DENSE FOG ADVISORY MEANS VISIBILITIES WILL FREQUENTLY BE REDUCED TO LESS THAN ONE QUARTER MILE. IF DRIVING...SLOW DOWN... USE YOUR HEADLIGHTS...AND LEAVE PLENTY OF DISTANCE AHEAD OF YOU. && $$ JR WWUS73 KFGF 161149 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 649 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...DENSE FOG THIS MORNING. VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .AREAS OF DENSE FOG HAS DEVELOPED OVER THE RED RIVER VALLEY AND PORTIONS OF THE LAKES COUNTRY OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THE FOG WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE DRIVING DIFFICULT THROUGH LATE MORNING. VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHT LOWER NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD STILL CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. NDZ006-007-014-015-054-191200- /O.CON.KFGF.HT.Y.0002.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON...MADDOCK...LEEDS... DEVILS LAKE...ADAMS 649 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY. WITH HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE 95 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JR FLUS43 KFGF 161057 HWOFGF HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 557 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-171100- 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 SAT JUL 16 2011 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH THE HIGHEST PROBABILITIES NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER. MOIST...UNSTABLE AIR WILL CONTINUE TO POUR INTO THE NORTHERN PLAINS. WHILE HOT TEMPERATURES ALOFT WILL KEEP THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT FROM BECOMING WIDESPREAD...ANY STORMS THAT DEVELOP COULD BECOME SEVERE DUE TO STRONG WINDS IN THE UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE. HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE THE PRIMARY THREAT...ALTHOUGH AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS NOT OUT OF THE QUESTION. THE HUMID CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES REACHING THE 90S WILL ALLOW HEAT INDEX VALUES TO CLIMB ABOVE 100 OR EVEN 105 DEGREES ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THERE WILL BE A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING...WITH SOME HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS POSSIBLE. THE HUMID CONDITIONS AND TEMPERATURES REACHING THE 90S WILL ALLOW HEAT INDEX VALUES TO CLIMB ABOVE 100 OR EVEN DEGREES ACROSS A LARGE PORTION OF THE FORECAST AREA. EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNINGS AND HEAT ADVISORIES ARE IN EFFECT THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED NORTH OF THE HIGHWAY 200 CORRIDOR. $$ JR WWUS73 KFGF 160911 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 411 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHT LOWER NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD STILL CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ001-014-015-NDZ024-026-027-190915- /O.UPG.KFGF.EH.A.0001.110716T1800Z-110719T2000Z/ /O.EXB.KFGF.EH.W.0001.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ WEST POLK-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS 411 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH VERY HUMID AIR... HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES STAYING ABOVE 75 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AT 105 OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON... HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAT CAN BECOME VERY STRESSFUL FOR SOME GROUPS...INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JR WWUS73 KFGF 160911 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 411 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHT LOWER NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD STILL CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ002-003-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053- 190915- /O.EXT.KFGF.EH.W.0001.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 411 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING NOW IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH VERY HUMID AIR... HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES STAYING ABOVE 75 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AT 105 OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON... HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAT CAN BECOME VERY STRESSFUL FOR SOME GROUPS...INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JR WWUS73 KFGF 160911 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 411 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHT LOWER NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD STILL CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ004>009-013-016-017-NDZ008-014>016-054-190915- /O.UPG.KFGF.EH.A.0001.110716T1800Z-110719T2000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.HT.Y.0002.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL- NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-PEMBINA- BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...ADAMS 411 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY. WITH HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE 95 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JR WWUS73 KFGF 160911 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 411 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA TODAY AND CONTINUE INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS... HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. TEMPERATURES WILL BE SLIGHT LOWER NEAR THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...BUT HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD STILL CLIMB ABOVE 100 DEGREES THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS SOUTH OF THE HIGHWAY 2 CORRIDOR. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. NDZ006-007-190915- /O.NEW.KFGF.HT.Y.0002.110716T1800Z-110720T0600Z/ TOWNER-CAVALIER- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CANDO...LANGDON 411 AM CDT SAT JUL 16 2011 ...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 1 AM CDT WEDNESDAY. * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE UPPER 80S TO LOW 90S ACROSS THE AREA THIS AFTERNOON AND EACH AFTERNOON UNTIL TUESDAY. WITH HUMID AIR MOVING INTO THE AREA...HEAT INDEX VALUES WILL REACH THE 95 TO 105 DEGREE RANGE DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. A HEAT ADVISORY MEANS THAT A PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JR WWUS73 KFGF 152015 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 315 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN MANY LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ002-003-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ028>030-038-039-049-052-053- 182015- /O.UPG.KFGF.EH.A.0001.110716T1800Z-110720T0000Z/ /O.NEW.KFGF.EH.W.0001.110716T1800Z-110719T2000Z/ NORMAN-CLAY-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...MAHNOMEN... LAKE ITASCA...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE... BRECKENRIDGE...FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA... ELBOW LAKE...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON 315 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM CDT TUESDAY... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM SATURDAY TO 3 PM CDT TUESDAY. THE EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT. * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH VERY HUMID AIR...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES STAYING ABOVE 75 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AT 105 OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON... HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAT CAN BECOME VERY STRESSFUL FOR SOME GROUPS...INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE EXTRA PRECAUTIONS...IF YOU WORK OR SPEND TIME OUTSIDE. WHEN POSSIBLE...RESCHEDULE STRENUOUS ACTIVITIES TO EARLY MORNING OR EVENING. KNOW THE SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF HEAT EXHAUSTION AND HEAT STROKE. WEAR LIGHT WEIGHT AND LOOSE FITTING CLOTHING WHEN POSSIBLE AND DRINK PLENTY OF WATER. TO REDUCE RISK DURING OUTDOOR WORK...THE OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH ADMINISTRATION RECOMMENDS SCHEDULING FREQUENT REST BREAKS IN SHADED OR AIR CONDITIONED ENVIRONMENTS. ANYONE OVERCOME BY HEAT SHOULD BE MOVED TO A COOL AND SHADED LOCATION. HEAT STROKE IS AN EMERGENCY...CALL 9 1 1. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF DANGEROUSLY HOT TEMPERATURES WILL OCCUR. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE LIKELY. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN... AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ VOELKER WWUS73 KFGF 152015 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 315 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .VERY HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN MANY LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ001-004>009-013>017-NDZ008-014>016-024-026-027-054-182015- /O.EXT.KFGF.EH.A.0001.110716T1800Z-110719T2000Z/ WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK- NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY- EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN...NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE... THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI... CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON... NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...ADAMS 315 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH NOW IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY AFTERNOON... * TEMPERATURES COULD CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH HUMID AIR... HEAT INDEX VALUES MAY REACH FROM 100 TO 105 DEGREES EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES FROM 70 TO 75 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ VOELKER WWUS73 KFGF 150903 NPWFGF URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 403 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...VERY HOT AND HUMID FOR THIS WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK... .HUMID AIR WILL STREAM INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS WEEKEND AND INTO THE EARLY PART OF THE WORK WEEK. WITH TEMPERATURES RISING INTO THE 90S DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS...HEAT INDEX VALUES COULD TOP 105 DEGREES BEGINNING ON SATURDAY AND CONTINUING EACH AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY. WHILE TEMPERATURES WILL GO DOWN SOMEWHAT AT NIGHT...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN ABOVE 75 DEGREES DURING THE OVERNIGHT HOURS IN MANY LOCATIONS. TEMPERATURES WILL BEGIN TO DECREASE TOWARDS THE END OF THE WEEK. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ008-014>016-024-026>030- 038-039-049-052>054-180915- /O.NEW.KFGF.EH.A.0001.110716T1800Z-110720T0000Z/ 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-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROOKSTON...EAST GRAND FORKS... HALSTAD...MOORHEAD...HALLOCK...ROSEAU...BAUDETTE...WARREN... NEWFOLDEN...RED LAKE...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS... FOSSTON...BAGLEY...BEMIDJI...MAHNOMEN...LAKE ITASCA... PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES...WOLF LAKE...BRECKENRIDGE... FERGUS FALLS...NEW YORK MILLS...WADENA...ELBOW LAKE...CAVALIER... MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA... GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...ADAMS 403 AM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011 ...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM SATURDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY EVENING. * TEMPERATURES WILL CLIMB INTO THE 90S AND WITH VERY HUMID AIR...HEAT INDEX VALUES ARE EXPECTED TO REACH 105 DEGREES OR HIGHER EACH AFTERNOON FROM SATURDAY THROUGH TUESDAY. OVERNIGHT HEAT INDEX VALUES STAYING ABOVE 75 DEGREES WILL BE POSSIBLE. * WITH HEAT INDEX VALUES AT 105 OR ABOVE DURING THE AFTERNOON... HEAT RELATED ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. THE HEAT CAN BECOME VERY STRESSFUL FOR SOME GROUPS...INCLUDING THE ELDERLY AND THE VERY YOUNG. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH MEANS THAT A PROLONGED PERIOD OF HOT TEMPERATURES IS EXPECTED. THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND HIGH HUMIDITY WILL COMBINE TO CREATE A DANGEROUS SITUATION IN WHICH HEAT ILLNESSES ARE POSSIBLE. DRINK PLENTY OF FLUIDS...STAY IN AN AIR-CONDITIONED ROOM...STAY OUT OF THE SUN...AND CHECK UP ON RELATIVES AND NEIGHBORS. && $$ JR Stay tuned to this web site for the latest weather information...