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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 11, 2011Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at Jul 11, 2011, 10:24 AM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jul 12, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 11, 2011, 10:24 AM CDT (15:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 12, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 12, 2011, 9:10 AM CDT
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: None

Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND

The river

Written for the forecast point Red River of the North at Wahpeton (WHNN8). The gauge peaked at 10.60 ft at Jul 13, 2011, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9.5 ft
Minor stage: 11 ft
Moderate stage: 13 ft
Major stage: 15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05051500, 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 Jul 11, 2:30 AM CDT, 7 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 2:30 AM CDT, 7 hours 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 11, 6:52 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
652 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-121200-
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-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-
GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
WESTERN WALSH-
652 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN WEDNESDAY NIGHT AS AN AREA
OF LOW PRESSURE AFFECTS THE AREA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

VOELKER

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 11, 7:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Nearby

River Flood Watches in North Dakota, 2011 River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2011 Every river flood watch in 2011

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.