... Flood Watch in effect through Tuesday evening...
The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a
* Flood Watch 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... eastern
Walsh... eddy... Grand Forks... Griggs... Nelson...
Pembina... Ramsey... Ransom... Richland... Sargent... Steele...
Towner... Traill and western Walsh.
* Through Tuesday evening
* many areas have received two to three inches of rain in the past
few days. An additional 1 to 2 inches of rain is possible today
and tomorrow on top of already saturated ground. Some overland
areal flooding is 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.
414 am CDT Mon may 20 2013
The Flood Watch continues for
the Red River at Oslo
* from late Thursday night until further notice.
* At 3:15 am Monday the stage was 19.3 feet.
* Moderate flooding is possible.
* Flood stage is 26.0 feet.
* Forecast... flood stage may be reached by early Friday morning.
Lat... Lon 4810 9721 4807 9698 4846 9706 4848 9725
daily 7 PM CDT/6 PM CST forecast stage in feet:
date Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat sun Mon
(month/day) 05/21 05/22 05/23 05/24 05/25 05/26 05/27
Red River
Oslo 19.2 19.8 22.0 25.2 28.2 29.6 30.0
414 am CDT Mon may 20 2013
The Flood Watch continues for
the Red River at East Grand Forks
* from Thursday evening until further notice.
* At 3:45 am Monday the stage was 19.5 feet.
* Minor flooding is possible.
* Flood stage is 28.0 feet.
* Forecast... flood stage may be reached by Thursday evening.
Lat... Lon 4768 9674 4807 9698 4810 9719 4767 9699
daily 7 PM CDT/6 PM CST forecast stage in feet:
date Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat sun Mon
(month/day) 05/21 05/22 05/23 05/24 05/25 05/26 05/27
Red River
East Grand Forks 19.7 20.9 23.6 27.7 30.8 31.3 30.3
918 PM CDT sun may 19 2013
The Flood Watch continues for
the Red Lake river at Crookston
* from Thursday morning to Friday afternoon.
* At 8:45 PM Sunday the stage was 6.4 feet.
* Minor flooding is possible.
* Flood stage is 15.0 feet.
* Forecast... flood stage may be reached by Thursday mid-morning.
Lat... Lon 4779 9694 4771 9653 4785 9623 4785 9649 4794 9701
daily 7 PM CDT/6 PM CST forecast stage in feet:
date Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat sun
(month/day) 05/20 05/21 05/22 05/23 05/24 05/25 05/26
Red Lake river
Crookston 9.5 13.1 14.9 14.5 13.0 11.5 10.2
