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North Dakota, Griggs

Areal Flood Watch

Statement as of 7:06 AM CDT on May 21, 2013

Expires 8:00 PM EDT on May 21, 2013


... Flood Watch remains in effect until 7 PM CDT this evening...

The Flood Watch continues for

* portions of Minnesota and North Dakota... including the
following areas... in Minnesota... Clay... east Becker... east
Marshall... east Otter Tail... east Polk... Grant... Hubbard...
Kittson... Lake of The Woods... Mahnomen... Norman... North
Beltrami... North Clearwater... Pennington... Red Lake... Roseau...
   south Beltrami... South Clearwater... Wadena... west Becker...
west Marshall... west Otter Tail... west Polk and Wilkin. In
North Dakota... Barnes... Benson... Cass... Cavalier... eddy...
Grand Forks... Griggs... Nelson... Ramsey... Ransom... Richland...
Sargent... Steele... Towner... Traill and western Walsh.

* Until 7 PM CDT this evening

* the area has received two to six inches of rain in the past few
days. Additional rain of a quarter to half an inch is possible.
Overland areal flooding remains possible in low lying areas.

Precautionary/preparedness actions...

A Flood Watch means there is a potential for flooding based on
current forecasts.

You should monitor later forecasts and be alert for possible
flood warnings. Those living in areas prone to flooding should be
prepared to take action should flooding develop.




Record Report

Statement as of 2:08 AM CDT on May 21, 2013


... Record daily maximum rainfall set at Grand Forks univ. (Nws) ND...

A record rainfall of 1.42 inches was set at Grand Forks univ. (Nws)
ND yesterday. This breaks the old record of 0.75 inches set in 1908.


Public Information Statement

Statement as of 11:41 AM CDT on May 21, 2013



Heavy rain reports

Location precip time/date
                           (inches) of observation lat Lon
Minnesota

... Becker County...
Detroit Lakes 1.54 M 700 am 05/21 46.81n 95.84w
5 NW Cormorant 2.30 M 900 am 05/21 46.78n 96.14w
3 N Detroit Lakes 2.66 M 700 am 05/21 46.86n 95.84w
1 S Osage 4.55 M 800 am 05/21 46.91n 95.26w

... Beltrami County...
Saum 1.43 M 700 am 05/21 47.97n 94.68w
Bemidji 1.64 M 700 am 05/21 47.48n 94.88w
Thorhult 2.32 M 800 am 05/21 48.23n 95.25w

... Clay County...
Felton 1.50 M 700 am 05/21 47.08n 96.50w
9 SSE Hawley 1.98 M 800 am 05/21 46.76n 96.24w
Moorhead 2.13 M 700 am 05/21 46.86n 96.76w

... Clearwater County...
Lake Itasca 1.93 M 700 am 05/21 47.25n 95.21w
Long Lost Lake 2.31 M 700 am 05/21 47.19n 95.42w

... Grant County...
Elbow Lake 0.98 M 700 am 05/21 45.99n 95.98w

... Hubbard County...
Badoura 1.71 M 700 am 05/21 46.86n 94.77w
10 se Park Rapids 1.90 M 940 am 05/21 46.82n 94.91w
Park Rapids 2.13 M 700 am 05/21 46.92n 95.06w

... Kittson County...
Humboldt 2.44 M 700 am 05/21 48.92n 97.09w

... Lake of The Woods County...
Baudette 2.62 M 700 am 05/21 48.71n 94.59w
5 S Baudette 3.51 M 700 am 05/21 48.64n 94.59w

... Marshall County...
Radium 1.41 M 700 am 05/21 48.23n 96.61w
11 E Holt 2.57 M 700 am 05/21 48.29n 95.95w
1 N Argyle 2.99 M 700 am 05/21 48.35n 96.82w

... Otter Tail County...
Ottertail 1.46 M 700 am 05/21 46.43n 95.56w
3 W Wadena 1.75 M 700 am 05/21 46.44n 95.20w
Fergus Falls 2.00 M 700 am 05/21 46.28n 96.07w
2 S Battle Lake 2.05 M 700 am 05/21 46.26n 95.72w
2 W Deer Creek 2.23 M 700 am 05/21 46.39n 95.36w
6 NNW Pelican Rapids 2.23 M 800 am 05/21 46.65n 96.13w
2 W Pelican Rapids 2.90 M 800 am 05/21 46.57n 96.13w
Fergus Falls 3.41 M 800 am 05/21 46.28n 96.07w
5 se Rothsay 3.80 M 940 am 05/21 46.42n 96.21w
Pelican Rapids 4.20 M 900 am 05/21 46.57n 96.09w

... Pennington County...
Thief River Falls 4.25 M 700 am 05/21 48.11n 96.18w
Thief River Falls 4.25 M 800 am 05/21 48.11n 96.18w

... Polk County...
1 E Crookston 2.60 M 800 am 05/21 47.77n 96.58w
Fosston 2.67 M 700 am 05/21 47.58n 95.75w

... Red Lake County...
Red Lake Falls 2.70 M 700 am 05/21 47.89n 96.27w

... Roseau County...
Warroad 2.06 M 700 am 05/21 48.91n 95.32w
2 W Warroad 2.25 M 900 am 05/21 48.91n 95.36w
Roseau 2.25 M 700 am 05/21 48.85n 95.76w
Greenbush 2.27 M 700 am 05/21 48.70n 96.18w
2 N Wannaska 3.00 M 940 am 05/21 48.69n 95.73w
Roseau 3.34 M 700 am 05/21 48.85n 95.76w
Warroad 3.79 M 700 am 05/21 48.91n 95.32w

... Wadena County...
2 W Verndale 1.61 M 700 am 05/21 46.40n 95.05w
Sebeka 1.78 M 700 am 05/21 46.63n 95.09w

... Wilkin County...
4 NE Breckenridge 2.29 E 700 am 05/21 46.30n 96.53w
Rothsay 2.49 M 700 am 05/21 46.47n 96.29w

Location precip time/date
                           (inches) of observation lat Lon
North Dakota

... Barnes County...
3 SSE Valley City 1.30 M 800 am 05/21 46.88n 97.98w
2 NW Valley City 2.06 M 800 am 05/21 46.94n 98.04w
Valley City 2.41 M 900 am 05/21 46.92n 98.01w

... Benson County...
3 W Esmond 2.30 M 700 am 05/21 48.03n 99.83w
Fort Totten 2.30 M 900 am 05/21 47.98n 98.99w
4 N Oberon 4.61 M 800 am 05/21 47.98n 99.21w

... Cass County...
Fargo 1.71 M 700 am 05/21 46.88n 96.82w
1 W Prairie Rose 1.74 M 700 am 05/21 46.82n 96.86w
4 SSE West Fargo 1.74 M 800 am 05/21 46.82n 96.86w
Kindred 2.36 M 800 am 05/21 46.65n 97.02w
1 ESE Fargo 2.56 M 700 am 05/21 46.87n 96.80w
1 ESE Fargo 2.56 M 800 am 05/21 46.87n 96.80w

... Cavalier County...
Langdon 2.17 M 700 am 05/21 48.76n 98.37w
2 NE Milton 7.85 M 800 am 05/21 48.65n 98.01w

... Eddy County...
New Rockford 2.65 M 940 am 05/21 47.68n 99.14w

... Grand Forks County...
Grand Forks 2.96 M 700 am 05/21 47.92n 97.07w
1 SW Grand Forks 3.04 M 800 am 05/21 47.91n 97.09w
Grand Forks 3.08 M 700 am 05/21 47.92n 97.07w
6 NE Hatton 4.10 M 900 am 05/21 47.70n 97.37w
2 E Gilby 4.70 M 700 am 05/21 48.08n 97.42w
Grand Forks AFB 5.89 M 700 am 05/21 47.96n 97.38w

... Nelson County...
Michigan 1.28 M 700 am 05/21 48.03n 98.12w

... Pembina County...
Pembina 2.88 M 700 am 05/21 48.97n 97.25w
7 NW Cavalier 3.77 M 700 am 05/21 48.87n 97.73w
12 NW Cavalier 4.27 M 830 am 05/21 48.92n 97.81w
3 W Akra 6.81 M 1200 am 05/21 48.78n 97.79w
3 S Walhalla 9.00 M 700 am 05/21 48.88n 97.92w

... Ramsey County...
Hampden 1.95 M 700 am 05/21 48.54n 98.65w
Starkweather 2.40 M 700 am 05/21 48.45n 98.88w
6 se Penn 2.61 M 700 am 05/21 48.16n 99.00w

... Ransom County...
McLeod 2.31 M 700 am 05/21 46.39n 97.30w
Lisbon 2.50 M 940 am 05/21 46.44n 97.68w

... Richland County...
1 SW Lidgerwood 1.20 M 700 am 05/21 46.06n 97.16w
Lidgerwood 1.20 M 700 am 05/21 46.07n 97.15w
1 NNW Breckenridge 2.03 M 800 am 05/21 46.28n 96.60w
8 SW Kindred 2.21 M 800 am 05/21 46.57n 97.14w
3 N Wyndmere 2.27 M 800 am 05/21 46.31n 97.13w
3 E McLeod 2.47 M 700 am 05/21 46.39n 97.24w
Colfax 2.91 M 940 am 05/21 46.47n 96.87w
Abercrombie 2.98 M 700 am 05/21 46.45n 96.73w
Abercrombie 3.04 M 800 am 05/21 46.45n 96.73w

... Sargent County...
Havana 2.05 M 700 am 05/21 45.95n 97.62w
Cayuga 3.15 M 800 am 05/21 46.08n 97.38w

... Steele County...
Golden Lake 2.39 M 700 am 05/21 47.58n 97.64w

... Towner County...
Bisbee 3.78 M 800 am 05/21 48.63n 99.38w

... Traill County...
1 E Mayville 3.60 M 700 am 05/21 47.50n 97.31w
Mayville 4.46 M 700 am 05/21 47.50n 97.33w

... Walsh County...
2 E Adams 2.43 E 800 am 05/21 48.42n 98.03w
9 SW Lankin 2.83 M 700 am 05/21 48.22n 98.06w
3 NW Oslo 3.55 M 800 am 05/21 48.23n 97.17w
Grafton 4.50 M 940 am 05/21 48.42n 97.40w
7 N Grafton 5.00 M 900 am 05/21 48.52n 97.40w
Fordville 5.25 M 900 am 05/21 48.22n 97.79w
Park River 5.50 M 1114 am 05/21 48.39n 97.74w
6 E Lankin 5.65 M 700 am 05/21 48.31n 97.79w
2 W Park River 5.81 M 700 am 05/21 48.39n 97.79w

Heavy sleet reports

Location observed time/date
                            value of observation lat Lon
North Dakota

... Ramsey County...
6 se Penn 1.71 M 700 am 05/21 48.16n 99.00w


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