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Flood Watch 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 3, 2024Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this flood watch at Jun 3, 2024, 10:13 AM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 7, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 3, 2024, 10:13 AM CDT (15:13 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 7, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 3, 2024, 10:56 AM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: None

County Clay County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Jun 3, 9:58 AM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:58 AM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 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
Jun 2, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Barnes, Ransom	41 min
Jun 2, 7:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Walsh	25 min
Jun 2, 7:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threat	FGF	Ransom	47 min
Jun 2, 7:49 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Ransom	26 min
Jun 2, 8:07 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	53 min
Jun 2, 8:09 PM CDT	Tornado Warning Tornado observed	FGF	Ransom	30 min
Jun 2, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	62 min
Jun 2, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier	26 min
Jun 2, 9:14 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Richland	31 min
Jun 2, 9:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Richland	62 min
Jun 3, 2:34 AM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina and 3 more	6 hr
Jun 3, 10:09 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	3 days
Jun 2, 8:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Clay	32 min
Jun 2, 10:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Wilkin	48 min

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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.