Alert archive / North Dakota / Flash Flood Watches in 2013
Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flash flood watch at May 20, 2013, 11:09 PM CDT for Pembina County, North Dakota. It was in force for 6 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 20, 2013, 11:09 PM CDT (04:09 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 6 days
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
County Pembina County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:10 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 flash 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 flash flood watch went out at May 20, 9:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 20, 9:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 20, 5:40 AM CDT, 17 hours 29 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 540 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 NDZ006>008-014-015-054-211045- TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-WESTERN WALSH- 540 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT WINDS WILL PICK UP THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING INTO THE 25 TO 35 MPH RANGE WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH POSSIBLE. THE HIGHEST WINDS WILL BE IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR THE TURTLE MOUNTAINS AND IN THE VICINITY OF RAIN SHOWERS. RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND THREE QUARTERS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE PAST DAY HAVE VARIED QUITE A BIT...BUT IF HEAVIER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS TODAY FALL AT THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN...THERE COULD BE SOME PROBLEMS WITH LOCALIZED LOW LAND FLOODING. THE RAIN HAS STARTED RISES ON THE PEMBINA RIVER AT WALHALLA AND AT NECHE. WALHALLA HAS GONE INTO MINOR FLOOD STAGE AND IS EXPECTED BEGIN FALLING THIS AFTERNOON. NECHE IS EXPECTED TO RAPIDLY RISE TO ABOVE FLOOD STAGE TONIGHT. MUCH WILL DEPEND ON ADDITIONAL RAINFALL TODAY...SO STAY TUNED TO RIVER FLOOD STATEMENTS FOR FURTHER INFORMATION. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE FOR MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE MAINSTEM RED RIVER AND WARNINGS FOR THE PEMBINA RIVER AT WALHALLA AND NECHE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ016-024-026>030-038-039- 049-052-053-211045- 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-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY- NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM- SARGENT-RICHLAND- 540 AM CDT MON MAY 20 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT RAIN WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE REGION ON AND OFF THROUGHOUT TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A HALF AN INCH TO AN INCH AND THREE QUARTERS. RAINFALL AMOUNTS FROM THE PAST DAY HAVE VARIED QUITE A BIT...BUT IF HEAVIER ADDITIONAL AMOUNTS TODAY FALL AT THE LOCATIONS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECEIVED HEAVY RAIN...THERE COULD BE SOME PROBLEMS WITH LOCALIZED LOW LAND FLOODING. FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE AT MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE MAINSTEM RED RIVER. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY AREAS OF LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN WILL CONTINUE THROUGH TUESDAY. TOTAL RAIN AMOUNTS COULD RANGE FROM 2 TO 4 INCHES. FLOOD WATCHES CONTINUE FOR MANY LOCATIONS ALONG THE MAINSTEM RED RIVER. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED. JR
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 20, 5:13 PM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
513 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0512 PM HEAVY RAIN HAYES LAKE STATE PARK 48.62N 95.51W
05/20/2013 E3.25 INCH ROSEAU MN PUBLIC
RAINFALL TOTAL AS OF 510 PM TODAY
&&
SPEICHERLocal storm report, May 20, 5:25 PM CDT, 5 hours 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
525 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 E FERGUS FALLS 46.28N 96.03W
05/20/2013 M1.98 INCH OTTER TAIL MN CO-OP OBSERVER
RAINFALL TOTAL AS OF 515 PM TODAY
&&
SPEICHERLocal storm report, May 20, 5:42 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
542 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0515 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 E FERGUS FALLS 46.28N 96.03W
05/20/2013 M1.98 INCH OTTER TAIL MN CO-OP OBSERVER
RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE AROUND NOON SUNDAY...MAY 19 2013
&&
SPEICHERLocal storm report, May 20, 5:51 PM CDT, 5 hours 18 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
551 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0550 PM HEAVY RAIN 6 SE PENN 48.16N 99.00W
05/20/2013 M0.67 INCH RAMSEY ND CO-OP OBSERVER
3.17 INCHES RAINFALL TOTAL SINCE EVENT BEGAN ... 0.67
INCHES SINCE 8 AM THIS MORNING
&&
SPEICHERLocal storm report, May 20, 7:21 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
721 PM CDT MON MAY 20 2013
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0700 PM HEAVY RAIN GRAND FORKS 47.92N 97.07W
05/20/2013 M2.69 INCH GRAND FORKS ND OFFICIAL NWS OBS
TOTAL RAINFALL FOR EVENT AS OF 7 PM CDT
&&
SPEICHERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 20, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Clay | 5 days |
| May 20, 8:35 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Clay | 7 days |
| May 20, 9:14 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Wilkin | 4 days |
| May 20, 9:14 PM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 5 days |
| May 21, 11:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 4 days |
| May 21, 11:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 6 days |
| May 21, 11:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 5 days |
| May 21, 11:40 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 5 days |
| May 21, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 5 days |
| May 21, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Clay | 46 hr |
| May 21, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Polk | 69 hr |
| May 21, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Marshall, Polk | 5 days |
| May 21, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 6 days |
| May 21, 12:07 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Kittson | 6 days |
| May 20, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Walsh | 5 days |
| May 20, 9:33 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FGF | Walsh | 6 days |
| May 21, 2:58 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh | 7 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.