This does not sound good!

[TLS Guy]

Better get ready again.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
123 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-130630-
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-
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...CANDO...
LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...
ADAMS
123 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...

THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK APPEARS
TO BE INCREASINGLY MORE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE MORNING
HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
OVER A LARGE AREA...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES. IN
ADDITION...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT FOR AREAS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...TO POTENTIALLY
OCCUR DURING THIS WEATHER EVENT.

AN UNUSUALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER...FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR...IS CURRENTLY CROSSING THE NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
COAST OF CANADA. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD
AND WILL REACH SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. IT
WILL THEN SLOW DOWN...INTENSIFY...AND MOVE EASTWARD NEAR THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER. A COMPLEX SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL THEN
TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND ENTER
NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL
SYSTEM...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE...WILL ALLOW
ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO BE DRAWN INTO THE
SYSTEM. THE STRONG DIRECTIONAL TURNING OF THE WINDS IN THE LOWER
PORTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW ROTATING SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITH THE POTENTIAL TO FORM TORNADOES.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE BEGINNING
MIDDAY ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

 

[Alex2507]

Here's to hoping it goes around you.

 

[TLS Guy]

Here's to hoping it goes around you.

So do I. I hope no one gets hurt and the landscape does not get rearranged.

 

[GO-NAD!]

Better get ready again.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
123 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-130630-
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-
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...CANDO...
LANGDON...CAVALIER...MADDOCK...LEEDS...DEVILS LAKE...GRAFTON...
NEW ROCKFORD...LAKOTA...GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...FINLEY...
MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY...FARGO...LISBON...GWINNER...WAHPETON...
ADAMS
123 PM CDT MON JUL 12 2010

...SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK LIKELY TUESDAY INTO WEDNESDAY...

THE POSSIBILITY OF A SIGNIFICANT SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK APPEARS
TO BE INCREASINGLY MORE LIKELY ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO THE MORNING
HOURS OF WEDNESDAY. THIS SEVERE WEATHER OUTBREAK HAS THE
POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG STRAIGHT LINE THUNDERSTORM WIND GUSTS
OVER A LARGE AREA...VERY LARGE HAIL...AND A FEW TORNADOES. IN
ADDITION...ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE WILL BE PRESENT FOR AREAS
OF HEAVY RAINFALL...AND LOCALIZED FLASH FLOODING...TO POTENTIALLY
OCCUR DURING THIS WEATHER EVENT.

AN UNUSUALLY STRONG UPPER LEVEL LOW PRESSURE CENTER...FOR THIS
TIME OF YEAR...IS CURRENTLY CROSSING THE NORTHERN BRITISH COLUMBIA
COAST OF CANADA. THIS SYSTEM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEASTWARD
AND WILL REACH SOUTHERN SASKATCHEWAN BY EARLY TUESDAY MORNING. IT
WILL THEN SLOW DOWN...INTENSIFY...AND MOVE EASTWARD NEAR THE
INTERNATIONAL BORDER. A COMPLEX SURFACE FRONTAL SYSTEM WILL THEN
TRACK EASTWARD ACROSS THE DAKOTAS DURING THE DAY TUESDAY AND ENTER
NORTHERN MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY EVENING. AHEAD OF THE FRONTAL
SYSTEM...STRONG SOUTHERLY WINDS NEAR THE SURFACE...WILL ALLOW
ABUNDANT MOISTURE FROM THE GULF OF MEXICO TO BE DRAWN INTO THE
SYSTEM. THE STRONG DIRECTIONAL TURNING OF THE WINDS IN THE LOWER
PORTION OF THE ATMOSPHERE WILL ALLOW ROTATING SUPERCELL
THUNDERSTORMS TO DEVELOP WITH THE POTENTIAL TO FORM TORNADOES.

EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT OFFICIALS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA SHOULD MAKE PREPARATIONS FOR THE
POSSIBILITY OF A WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER EPISODE BEGINNING
MIDDAY ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUING INTO WEDNESDAY MORNING.

If you just add a blizzard and a plague of locusts, you'll pretty much have all the bases covered. Keep your head down...

 

[dkane360]

It looks serious, its in all caps!!

But on a more serious note, we got a 10 minute storm a few weeks ago with like 70 mph gusts and that did quite a bit of damage. I can only imagine what a storm like that could do

 

[Tiguron]

Looks like you will get a more intense wave of the storm cell that blew through Calgary yesterday . Luckily nothing touched down in the city, but we did get pounded by golf ball sized hail. Hopefully it doesn't hit you too hard.

 

[TLS Guy]

Looks like you will get a more intense wave of the storm cell that blew through Calgary yesterday . Luckily nothing touched down in the city, but we did get pounded by golf ball sized hail. Hopefully it doesn't hit you too hard.

Thanks for the heads up. They had rough weather in Montana and Western ND last night, with some tornadic activity.

This thing is slowing down and intensifying. It is a lovely day here at present, but very humid, from a strong southerly wind.

Eastern ND and the Red River Valley and Western Minnesota are already under a Tornado watch.

I have carefully secured all the boats and tested the standby generator this morning.

For some reason I have a bad feeling about this storm and a higher level of concern that usual.

It is not supposed to hit us here in North Central Minnesota until the early hours of the morning, which is a bad time.

I can't find my neighbor who has one of his boats vulnerable at present.

He drowned it in a storm two years ago, and I had to rebuild the engine. I don't want to have to go through that again.