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River Flood Watch 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 19, 2013Polk County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at May 19, 2013, 11:58 AM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 22, 2013, 2:05 AM CDT. It was in force for 62 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 19, 2013, 11:58 AM CDT (16:58 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2013, 2:05 AM CDT
Expired: May 24, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 62 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Polk County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red Lake River at Crookston (CRKM5). The gauge peaked at 13.58 ft at May 22, 2013, 5:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05079000, 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 May 19, 10:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 19, 10:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 18, 7:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Becker, Hubbard	54 min
May 18, 11:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	58 min
May 19, 5:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker	65 min
May 19, 11:58 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Wilkin	4 days
May 19, 11:58 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Polk	4 days
May 19, 11:58 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Marshall, Polk	5 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.