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Flash Flood Watch 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 22, 2008Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood watch at Sep 22, 2008, 2:36 PM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; 8 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 22, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 9 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 22, 2008, 2:36 PM CDT (19:36 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 22, 2008, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Sep 23, 2008, 4:07 AM CDT
In force
9 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
None

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:38 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 Sep 22, 2:30 PM CDT, 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 2:30 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 22, 6:51 AM CDT, 7 hours 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
651 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-231200-
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-
651 AM CDT MON SEP 22 2008

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AFTER ONE ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS ENDS THIS MORNING...ANOTHER ROUND
WILL DEVELOP OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT. SOME OF
THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE
MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. THERE IS ALSO THE POSSIBILITY OF
LOCALIZED HEAVY RAINFALL WITH THE STORMS TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THE THREAT FOR THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA CONTINUES ON TUESDAY INTO
TUESDAY NIGHT.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER PARTS OF SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA PERIODICALLY FROM
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

NG

Nearby

Flash Flood Watches in North Dakota, 2008Flash Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2008Every flash flood watch in 2008

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.