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Flash Flood Watch 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 11, 200812 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood watch at Aug 11, 2008, 3:29 AM CDT for 12 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Aug 11, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 14 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 11, 2008, 3:29 AM CDT (08:29 UTC)
In effect from: Aug 11, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Aug 11, 2008, 9:06 PM CDT
In force: 14 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: None

Counties Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this flash flood watch went out, 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 this flash flood watch went out at Aug 11, 3:11 AM CDT, 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 11, 3:11 AM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.