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Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flood watch at Jun 1, 2014, 4:04 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 1, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 1, 2014, 4:04 AM CDT (09:04 UTC)
- In effect from
- Jun 1, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Jun 1, 2014, 9:28 PM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Wilkin County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 265 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 579 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -85 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1019 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 228 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.3
- Supercell composite
- 4.1
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 1, 4:02 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 4:02 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 6:58 AM CDT, 21 hours 6 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 658 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 MNZ002-003-009-015>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ039-049-052-053- 011200- NORMAN-CLAY-NORTH BELTRAMI-EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER- SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER- EAST BECKER-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT- CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND- 658 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 ...HEAVY RAIN POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH MONDAY... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL IMPACT PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY TODAY. PERIODS OF HEAVY RAINFALL ARE POSSIBLE...WHICH COULD LEAD TO FLOODING ISSUES. STRONG STORMS COULD PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...BUT THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LOCALIZED FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY A THIRD ROUND OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING MORE HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF TWO TO THREE INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA BY LATE MONDAY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... REPORTS OF FLOODING OR SEVERE WEATHER MAY BE NEEDED THIS EVENING. MNZ001-004>008-013-014-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-054- 011200- WEST POLK-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-WEST MARSHALL- EAST MARSHALL-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-TOWNER-CAVALIER-PEMBINA-BENSON- RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL- BARNES-WESTERN WALSH- 658 AM CDT SAT MAY 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS AND ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS COULD BRING MORE HEAVY RAIN TO THE AREA SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY. RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE TO TWO INCHES IS POSSIBLE ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY LATE MONDAY...WHICH COULD RESULT IN LOCALIZED FLOODING. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED. SPEICHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 12 hr |
| May 31, 7:38 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Becker, Hubbard | 4 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:55 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 8 hr |
| Jun 1, 6:17 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 3 hr |
| Jun 1, 1:27 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 9 hr |
Nearby
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.