River Flood Watch 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Apr 12, 2014, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)

In effect from

Apr 12, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT

Expired

Apr 16, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT

In force

4 days

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Storm-based polygon

Flood severity

None

County Clay County, MN

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:36 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.

Written for the forecast point Buffalo River (MN) near Hawley (HWYM5). The gauge peaked at 6.89 ft at Apr 11, 2014, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage

7.5 ft

Minor stage

8 ft

Moderate stage

9 ft

Major stage

11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05061000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood watch went out at Apr 11, 3:00 PM CDT, 19 hours 34 minutes earlier.

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River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2014Every river flood watch in 2014

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.