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River Flood Watch 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 11, 2008Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Traill County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at Oct 11, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT for Norman County, Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Traill County, North Dakota. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 11, 2008, 8:56 PM CDT (01:56 UTC)
Expired
Oct 15, 2008, 6:48 PM CDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
None

Counties Norman County, MN, Polk County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND, Traill County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 36 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Red River of the North at Halstad (HILN8). The gauge peaked at 22.97 ft at Oct 16, 2008, 6:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
24 ft
Minor stage
26 ft
Moderate stage
32 ft
Major stage
37.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05064500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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 Oct 11, 2:52 PM CDT, 6 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 11, 2:52 PM CDT, 6 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 11, 7:13 AM CDT, 13 hours 43 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
713 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2008

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-121215-
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-
713 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 2008

...MORE POTENTIALLY HEAVY RAIN HEADED FOR THE REGION TONIGHT INTO
SUNDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED SHOWERS ARE EXPECTED TODAY ACROSS MOST OF THE REGION.
MORE WIDESPREAD AND HEAVIER RAIN WILL DEVELOP LATER TONIGHT. THE
HEAVIEST RAINFALL IS EXPECTED NORTH AND WEST OF A LINE FROM LISBON
TO MAYVILLE AND ROSEAU. RAIN TOTALS ARE LIKELY TO RANGE FROM 1 TO
2 INCHES.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

RAIN...POSSIBLY HEAVY...WILL CONTINUE SUNDAY MORNING MAINLY ALONG
AND NORTH OF HIGHWAY 2. RAIN SHOULD GRADUALLY END LATE SUNDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED FOR RAIN REPORTS.

VOELKER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 8:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchFGFPolk4 days
Oct 11, 8:56 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchFGFMarshall, Polk4 days
Oct 12, 10:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFClay4 days

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2008River Flood Watches in North Dakota, 2008Every 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.