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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 23, 2014Kittson County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at Apr 23, 2014, 8:49 AM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 24, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 23, 2014, 8:49 AM CDT (13:49 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 24, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 29, 2014, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
5 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Kittson County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Two Rivers River at Hallock (HLLM5).

Action stage
800 ft
Minor stage
802 ft
Moderate stage
806 ft
Major stage
810 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05095000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 23, 3:50 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFGFClay, Wilkin15 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2014Every river 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.