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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 23, 2017Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at Mar 23, 2017, 12:44 PM CDT for Walsh County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 29, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 23, 2017, 12:44 PM CDT (17:44 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 29, 2017, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 27, 2017, 12:19 PM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:43 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 Park River at Grafton (GRNN8). The gauge peaked at 10.04 ft at Mar 28, 2017, 12:00 PM CDT.

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This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05090000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

River Flood Watches in North Dakota, 2017Every river flood watch in 2017

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.