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Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 1, 20148 counties in Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 579 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 165 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

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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 1, 4:02 AM CDT, 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 1, 4:02 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 31, 7:04 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFOtter Tail12 hr
May 31, 7:38 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGFBecker, Hubbard4 hr
Jun 1, 1:55 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard8 hr
Jun 1, 6:17 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFGFKittson, Marshall, Roseau3 hr
Jun 1, 1:27 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGFBarnes, Cass9 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2014Every flood watch in 2014

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.