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River Flood Watch 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at Apr 17, 2018, 11:43 AM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 21, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 17, 2018, 11:43 AM CDT (16:43 UTC)
- In effect from
- Apr 21, 2018, 1:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Apr 19, 2018, 11:43 AM CDT
- In force
- 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 16:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this river 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 river flood watch went out at Apr 17, 9:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 17, 9:37 AM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 17, 11:43 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | FGF | Cass, Ransom | 4 days |
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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.