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River Flood Watch 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at Oct 29, 2009, 10:30 AM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota. It took effect at Nov 1, 2009, 7:12 PM CST. It was in force for 12 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 29, 2009, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
- In effect from
- Nov 1, 2009, 7:12 PM CST
- Expired
- Nov 2, 2009, 7:25 AM CST
- In force
- 12 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 15:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 Buffalo River (MN) near Dilworth (DILM5). The gauge peaked at 12.59 ft at Nov 3, 2009, 7:00 AM CST.
- Action stage
- 12 ft
- Minor stage
- 13 ft
- Moderate stage
- 20 ft
- Major stage
- 26 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05062000, 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 29, 4:30 AM CDT, 6 hours earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Oct 29, 4:30 AM CDT, 6 hours before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 29, 10:30 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Richland | 4 days |
| Oct 29, 10:30 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Cass | 4 days |
| Oct 29, 10:30 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Clay | 4 days |
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.