Overview
Steady rain fell throughout the day yesterday along a southwest to northeast band, extending from south of Devils Lake to Grand Forks in North Dakota, and on toward Thief River Falls and Baudette in Minnesota. Rainfall amounts along this line generally ranged around a half an inch, with locally higher amounts. Further southward, thunderstorms formed over southeast North Dakota during the late afternoon hours and moved through the Fargo Moorhead area. These thunderstorms continued to move east-northeast, tracking through the lakes country of west central Minnesota during the early evening. These storms produced lightning and small hail, but much less rainfall.Radar:
Radar loop from 1:00 p.m. on March 23rd to 1:00 a.m. on March 24th
Event Loop | Fargo Hail Cell | Pelican Rapids Hail Cell | 5 South Detroit Lakes Hail Cell |
Storm Reports
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 454 AM CDT FRI MAR 24 2017 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0431 PM HAIL CASSELTON 46.90N 97.21W 03/23/2017 E0.75 INCH CASS ND TRAINED SPOTTER 0433 PM HAIL 6 SW FARGO 46.82N 96.91W 03/23/2017 E0.25 INCH CASS ND TRAINED SPOTTER REPORTED BY A FORMER NWS STUDENT VOLUNTEER AND STORM CHASER. 0434 PM HAIL S FARGO 46.88N 96.82W 03/23/2017 E0.25 INCH CASS ND BROADCAST MEDIA 0455 PM HAIL PELICAN RAPIDS 46.57N 96.09W 03/23/2017 E0.50 INCH OTTER TAIL MN PUBLIC PHOTOGRAPH ON SOCIAL MEDIA. 0512 PM HAIL 6 S DETROIT LAKES 46.73N 95.84W 03/23/2017 E0.50 INCH BECKER MN BROADCAST MEDIA REPORT FROM SOCIAL MEDIA.
Rain Reports
Public Information Statement National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 132 AM CDT Fri Mar 24 2017 ...Rainfall Reports... Location Amount Itasca MN (DNR) 0.53 in Grand Forks ND 5 WSW 0.51 in Grand Forks ND (NWS) 0.51 in Grand Forks ND (APT) 0.46 in Thief River Falls MN 0.46 in Thorhult MN 0.41 in Grand Forks ND (AFB) 0.40 in Thief River Falls MN (Red Lk 0.40 in Baudette MN 12 S (Rapid R) 0.36 in Georgetown MN 3 E 0.35 in 4 NNW Lake Itasca 0.35 in Waskish MN 4 NE (Tamarac R) 0.35 in Thief R Falls MN (APT) 0.33 in Pennington MN 2 S (Knutson D 0.29 in Mahnomen MN 1 SE (Wild Rice 0.29 in Glyndon MN 2 Ww (SB Buffalo 0.29 in Kelliher MN (DNR) 0.25 in Red Lake MN (DNR) 0.24 in Thief River Falls MN 5 N (Th 0.24 in Wilton MN 6 NE 0.23 in Grygla MN 6 WNW (Mud R) 0.23 in Waskish MN (APT) 0.22 in Warren MN 3 ENE (Morkassel) 0.21 in Holt MN 6 E (Thief River) 0.20 in Gatzke MN 9 SW (DNR) 0.19 in 2 SW Bemidji 0.19 in Glyndon MN 2 N (Buffalo R) 0.18 in Bemidji MN 13 NNW (Long Lk) 0.18 in Fargo ND (APT) 0.18 in Bemidji MN (DNR) 0.17 in Brooks MN 3 WNW (Lost R) 0.17 in Clementson MN (Rapid R) 0.16 in Baudette MN (DNR) 0.15 in Baudette MN (APT) 0.13 in 2 E Frazee 0.13 in Badoura MN (DNR) 0.12 in Detroit Lakes MN (DNR) 0.12 in Red Lake Falls MN (Red Lake 0.11 in Fertile MN 3 WSW (Sandhill 0.11 in Florian MN (Tamarac R) 0.11 in Park Rapids MN (APT) 0.08 in Ada MN (Wild Rice R) 0.07 in Valley City ND 8 NW (Baldhil 0.07 in Detroit Lakes MN (APT) 0.06 in Wadena MN 13 E (Leaf R) 0.06 in Bemidji MN (APT) 0.05 in 5 SSW Roosevelt 0.04 in Mcleod ND 3 N 0.04 in Campbell MN (Rabitt R) 0.03 in Elizabeth MN 6 E (Ottertail 0.03 in Wadena MN (APT) 0.02 in Breckenridge MN (Ottertail R 0.02 in Fergus Falls MN 3 W (Pelican 0.02 in Campbell MN 4 W (Rabbitt R) 0.02 in Alvarado MN (Snake R) 0.01 in Frontier ND (S Fargo) 0.01 in Fort Totten ND 0.01 in Karlstad MN (DNR) 0.01 in Observations are collected from a variety of sources with varying equipment and exposures. Not all data listed are considered official.
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