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Flood Watch 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 4, 201310 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flood watch at Jun 4, 2013, 10:32 AM CDT for 10 counties in North Dakota. It took effect at Jun 4, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 18 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2013, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 4, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 5, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
In force: 18 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: None

Counties Benson County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Traill County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 84 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:31 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 Jun 4, 10:32 AM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 10:32 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 4, 6:44 AM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
644 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-051145-
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-
644 AM CDT TUE JUN 4 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SHOWERS WILL FALL TODAY...MOST NUMEROUS OVER NORTHERN NORTH
DAKOTA. IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER
VALLEY...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE STORMS WHICH MAY PRODUCE
STRONG WINDS...HAIL AND A WEAK TORNADO OR TWO IN THE AFTERNOON TO
EARLY EVENING. THIS LOCATION WILL BE JUST EAST OF THE UPPER LOW
WHICH WILL BE MOVING SLOWLY THROUGH SOUTHERN NORTH DAKOTA.

EAST OF THE UPPER LOW WILL BE A DRY SLOT WHERE SOME SUN MAY OCCUR
TODAY AND ENOUGH INSTABILITY TO DEVELOP TO CAUSE A FEW STORMS TO
FORM ALONG A WARM FRONT THAT IS LIKELY TO BE LOCATED NEAR A
JAMESTOWN TO VALLEY CITY TO WAHPETON LINE. JUST NORTH OF THIS
FRONT ENOUGH LOW LEVEL SHEAR MAY EXIST FOR A FEW LOW TOPPED
SUPERCELLS AND A WEAK TORNADO OR TWO TO FORM. THE AREA OF CONCERN
IS MAINLY FROM COOPERSTOWN TO HILLSBORO TO ADA SOUTHWARD INTO
EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA.

SHOWERS WILL CONTINUE TONIGHT. TOTAL STORM RAIN AMOUNTS OF 1 TO
1.50 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM MINOT THROUGH DEVILS LAKE INTO THE
CENTRAL RED RIVER VALLEY INTO PARK RAPIDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE NEXT ROUND OF SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR
SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

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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.