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Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 21, 200917 counties in North Dakota; 10 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flood watch at Mar 21, 2009, 3:07 PM CDT for 17 counties in North Dakota; 10 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 22, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 21, 2009, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2009, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 22, 2009, 12:13 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
None
All 27 counties

Becker County, MN, Grant County, MN, Kittson County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Benson County, ND, Cass County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 11 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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 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 flood watch went out at Mar 21, 11:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 11:03 AM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 21, 6:37 AM CDT, 8 hours 30 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
637 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2009

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-221145-
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-
637 AM CDT SAT MAR 21 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

DENSE FOG CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING GENERALLY SOUTHEAST OF A LINE FROM WAHPETON
TO PARK RAPIDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

SOME RIVERS WILL BE IN FLOOD DURING THIS TIME AND RIVER INTERESTS
SHOULD MONITOR CONDITIONS AND UPDATED RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS
FREQUENTLY. TURN AROUND DONT DROWN. NEVER DRIVE OVER FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

THE BIG STORY THIS PERIOD WILL BE SUNDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH TUESDAY
WHEN A STORM SYSTEM WILL BRING PERIODS OF RAIN TO THE AREA WITH
TOTAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES POSSIBLE OVER THAT PERIOD.
THE RAIN WILL CHANGE TO SNOW TUESDAY NIGHT AND THEN GRADUALLY END
ON WEDNESDAY. LOW PRESSURE WILL DEVELOP OVER COLORADO AND KANSAS
EARLY NEXT WEEK AND THEN MOVE INTO MINNESOTA BY TUESDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

VOELKER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 20, 10:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFTraill45 days
Mar 20, 10:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFGrand Forks55 days
Mar 20, 10:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFGrand Forks, Walsh59 days
Mar 20, 10:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass, Richland57 days
Mar 21, 10:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass, Ransom15 days
Mar 21, 10:36 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass39 days
Mar 20, 10:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPolk34 days
Mar 20, 10:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson15 days
Mar 20, 10:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFMarshall12 days
Mar 21, 4:07 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFGFBecker, Grant, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wadena7 hr
Mar 21, 2:49 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFGFClay, Norman, Wilkin4 days

Nearby

Flood Watches in North Dakota, 2009Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2009Every flood watch in 2009

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.