Heat Advisory for our area

Heat Advisory

URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND

305 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016

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KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...HALLOCK...KARLSTAD...LANCASTER...ROSEAU...WARROAD...GREENBUSH...BAUDETTE...WARREN...STEPHEN...

ARGYLE...NEWFOLDEN...MIDDLE RIVER...GRYGLA...RED LAKE...REDBY...PONEMAH...THIEF RIVER FALLS...RED LAKE FALLS...BAGLEY...CLEARBROOK...BEMIDJI...CANDO...LANGDON...CAVALIER...WALHALLA...DRAYTON...PEMBINA...NECHE...ST. THOMAS...FORT TOTTEN...MADDOCK...LEEDS...MINNEWAUKAN...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...PARK RIVER...

NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...MCVILLE...ANETA...TOLNA...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...HOPE...VALLEY CITY...EDINBURG...ADAMS...LANKIN 305 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016

...HEAT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A HEAT ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT FROM 1 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING.

* HEAT INDEX VALUES...100 TO 104 DUE TO TEMPERATURES IN THE LOWER 90S...AND DEWPOINTS IN THE LOW TO MID 70S.

* IMPACTS...HEAT RELATED ILLNESS IS POSSIBLE IF PRECAUTIONS ARE NOT TAKEN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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.

Hazardous Weather Outlook

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND

355 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016

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KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-BARNES-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-

355 AM CDT WED JUL 20 2016

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A HEAT ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT FOR THE AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING, DUE TO THE COMBINATION OF HOT TEMPERATURES AND MUGGY CONDITIONS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED BY LATE AFTERNOON INTO

TONIGHT, MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL, STRONG WINDS, AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE LATE FRIDAY AFTERNOON INTO FRIDAY NIGHT, THIS TIME MAINLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF HIGHWAY 2. THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN THE FORECAST SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY AND

AGAIN TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY.

SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED.