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River Flood Watch 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 9, 2008Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at Apr 9, 2008, 10:44 AM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 12, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2008, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 13, 2008, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: None

County Clay County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:43 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 river 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 river flood watch went out at Apr 9, 10:41 AM CDT, 3 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 10:41 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 9, 7:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Clay	5 days
Apr 9, 10:44 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Clay	6 days
Apr 9, 3:27 PM CDT	Winter Storm Watch	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Hubbard and 6 more	23 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2008 Every river 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.