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River Flood Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 3, 2019Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood watch at Oct 3, 2019, 8:42 PM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 6, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 3, 2019, 8:42 PM CDT (01:42 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 6, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 4, 2019, 9:07 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Polk County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River of the North at Grand Forks (EGFM5). The gauge peaked at 27.61 ft at Oct 5, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 27 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 46 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05082500, 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 Oct 3, 5:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 5:57 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 4, 8:59 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Polk	30 days
Oct 4, 2:54 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Griggs, Ransom, Richland, Sargent	28 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in Minnesota, 2019 River Flood Watches in North Dakota, 2019 Every river flood watch in 2019

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.