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Flash Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 20, 2013Pembina County, North Dakota

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

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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

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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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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

&&

SPEICHER
Local 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

&&

SPEICHER
Local 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

&&

SPEICHER
Local 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

&&

SPEICHER
Local 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

&&

SPEICHER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 20, 8:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchFGFClay5 days
May 20, 8:35 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchFGFClay7 days
May 20, 9:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchFGFWilkin4 days
May 20, 9:14 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchFGFKittson, Marshall5 days
May 21, 11:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFClay4 days
May 21, 11:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFClay6 days
May 21, 11:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPolk5 days
May 21, 11:40 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson5 days
May 21, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFWilkin5 days
May 21, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFClay46 hr
May 21, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPolk69 hr
May 21, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFMarshall, Polk5 days
May 21, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson, Marshall6 days
May 21, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson6 days
May 20, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFWalsh5 days
May 20, 9:33 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFWalsh6 days
May 21, 2:58 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningFGFCavalier, Pembina, Walsh7 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.