Radar-based precipitation estimates for May 30, 2013
Courtesy: National Weather Service
Courtesy: National Weather Service
A sluggish area of low pressure centered over South Dakota brought waves of rain spiraling across Minnesota for the final few days of May. The epicenter of the heaviest rain on May 29 and May 30 was in the Fargo/Moorhead area. Parts of central Clay County saw three to five inches with a few isolated areas seeing up to six inches of rain in a 24 hour period ending at 8am May 30. Street flooding was reported in the Fargo/Moorhead Area. An unofficial report of up to 7 inches was reported 2 miles south of Kragnes in Clay County.
Below are Storm Reports from the National Weather Service.
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 959 AM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0700 AM HEAVY RAIN 1 S AVERILL 46.96N 96.55W 05/30/2013 E5.50 INCH CLAY MN PUBLIC SOME WATER COMING UP TO OUTBUILDINGS. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 612 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0500 PM HEAVY RAIN 2 S KRAGNES 46.96N 96.75W 05/30/2013 M7.00 INCH CLAY MN PUBLIC PUBLIC REPORT OF 7 INCHES OF RAIN BETWEEN 6 PM WEDNESDAY AND NOON THURSDAY IN ANDERSON ACRES. PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1025 PM CDT THU MAY 30 2013 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 1000 PM HEAVY RAIN LANCASTER 48.86N 96.80W 05/30/2013 M2.88 INCH KITTSON MN CO-OP OBSERVER 36-HOUR TOTAL. 2.47 INCHES HAS FALLEN IN THE PAST 12 HOURS. PUBLIC INFORMATION STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 230 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013 24 HOUR PRECIPITATION TOTALS ENDING 7 AM FRIDAY MAY 31 2013 LOCATION TOWN 24 HR ID NAME TOTAL LNKN8 LANKIN 6E ND 4.85 XXXXX PARK RIVER 6S ND 4.80 XPIN8 PISEK ND 4.25 Y37 PARK RIVER ND 4.00 EDIN8 EDINBURG ND 3.75 MTON8 MINTO ND 3.50 ADMN8 ADAMS ND 3.50 LNCM5 LANCASTER MN 3.45 LKNN8 LANKIN 9SW ND 3.12 XXXXX OLGA ND 3.00 XXXXX MILTON 2NE ND 2.97 XXXXX PARK RIVER 4N ND 2.84 XXXXX PARK RIVER 7E ND 2.80 FDVN8 FORDVILLE ND 2.60 XXXXX MOUNTAIN ND 2.50 GBHM5 GREENBUSH MN 2.37 WALN8 WALHALLA ND 2.35 EDRN8 EDMORE ND 2.20 NDWH02 OSLO 3WNW ND 2.11 PNEN8 PENN 6SE ND 1.96 XXXXX VOSS 1S ND 1.95 CLVN8 NDAWN AT CAVALIER ND 1.94 XXARB GLASSTON ND 1.93 XXARB CANDO ND 1.85 9D7 AWOS AT CANDO ARPT ND 1.83 XXARB ST. THOMAS ND 2E 1.80 MUNN8 MUNICH ND 1.79 XXARB WARSAW 2E ND 1.75 PBAN8 PEMBINA ND 1.73 HMBM5 HUMBOLT MN 1.70 GFEN8 SE GRAND FORKS ND 1.67 SWXN8 STARKWEATHER ND 1.65 STTM5 NDAWN AT STEPHEN MN 1.63 MCEN8 MICHIGAN ND 1.62 CRTN8 CAVALIER 4W ND 1.56 XXARB CANDO 9NE ND 1.55 GRFN8 GRAND FORKS NWS 1.52 GRAN8 GRAFTON ND 1.50 BKRN8 NDAWN AT BAKER ND 1.47 RDR ASOS AT GRAND FORKS AFB 1.45 ESMN8 ESMOND 3W ND 1.39 NDED08 NEW ROCKFORD 4N ND 1.35 LNGN8 LANGDON EXP FARM ND 1.35 COAN8 NDAWN AT CANDO ND 1.33 96D AWOS AT WALHALLA ND 1.33 CVLN8 CAVALIER ND 1.32 HLLM5 HALLOCK MN 1.30 ARBXX HANNAH 5W 1.25 FGN AWOS AT FLAG ISLAND MN 1.23 RRT AWOS AT WARROAD MN 1.18 AGYM5 ARGYLE MN 1.18 CRYN8 NDAWN AT CRARY ND 1.17 LGGN8 NDAWN AT LANGDON ND 1.14 D55 AWOS AT LANGDON ND 1.13 HCO AWOS AT HALLOCK MN 1.12 XXARB GILBY 2S ND 1.10 DZYN8 NDAWN AT DAZEY ND 1.10 SRLN8 SARLES ND 1.09 NDGF02 GRAND FORKS 1SW ND 1.05 WRRM5 WARROAD MN 1.03 GFK ASOS AT GRAND FORKS ARPT 1.03 BDE ASOS AT BAUDETTE MN 1.03 DVL AWOS AT DEVILS LAKE ND 0.99 OTTM5 OTTERTAIL MN 0.97 WAEN8 WALES 5SE ND 0.95 NDED04 NEW ROCKFORD 9WNW ND 0.95 ROX AWOS AT ROSEAU MN 0.90 MNAPSIDM CALEDONIA 1.1 SE MN 0.87 MNR34MGJ CLIMAX 3WNW MN 0.83 MNMS05 WARREN 7NW MN 0.74 RDLM5 RED LAKE FALLS MN 0.65 PILN8 NDAWN AT PILLSBURY ND 0.60 NDED01 NEW ROCKFORD 1ESE ND 0.55 GLRM5 GLACIAL RIDGE SCAN MN 0.54 NDBR02 VALLEY CITY 2NW ND 0.51 Y63 AWOS AT ELBOW LAKE MN 0.49 MYAN8 NDAWN AT MAYVILLE ND 0.48 DTL AWOS AT DETROIT LAKES MN 0.48 CKN AWOS AT CROOKSTON MN 0.48 FFM AWOS AT FERGUS FALLS MN 0.47 PKD ASOS AT PARK RAPIDS MN 0.46 NDST01 HATTON 9NW ND 0.45 NDCS05 FARGO 5SW ND 0.45 MNOT03 UNDERWOOD 8NNE MN 0.45 MYVN8 MAYVILLE ND 0.44 MNNR01 TWIN VALLEY MN 0.42 TWRM5 TAMARAC WILDLIFE REF MN 0.41 MCLN8 MCLEOD ND 0.40 MCCN8 NDAWN AT MCHENRY ND 0.40 NDCS32 DURBIN ND 0.39 MNNUOMHK MENAHGA 1E MN 0.39 VWU AWOS AT WASKISH MN 0.36 BKEM5 BRECKENRIDGE 3SE MN 0.36 NDRC08 ABERCROMBIE ND 0.35 MNPE8HBO ELBOW LAKE VILLAGE MN 0.35 LLLM5 LONG LOST LAKE MN 0.35 SEBM5 SEBEKA MN 0.33 MNOT02 FERGUS FALLS 1NNE MN 0.33 VCEN8 VALLEY CITY 1E ND 0.31 NDCS15 FARGO 1ESE ND 0.30 STTN8 NDAWN AT SAINT THOMAS MN 0.29 NDCS16 FARGO 2SE ND 0.28 WEHN8 NDAWN AT WAHPETON ND 0.26 MNOT05 FERGUS FALLS 1E MN 0.26 DSUN8 NDSU 0.26 TVF AWOS AT THIEF RIVER FALLS 0.25 PRLM5 NDAWN AT PERLEY MN 0.25 SAZ STAPLES AIRPORT MN 0.24 RHSM5 ROTHSAY MN 0.23 EDDM5 NDAWN AT ELDRED MN 0.23 WADM5 WADENA MN 0.22 BRGM5 BUFFALO RIVER GEORGETOWN 0.22 MORM5 MOORHEAD MN 0.21 FAR ASOS AT FARGO AIRPORT MN 0.19 XRON8 ROLLA NDAWN ND 0.18 FGLN8 NDAWN AT FINGAL ND 0.18 SOME OF THE ABBREVIATIONS: ASOS = AUTOMATED SURFACE OBSERVATION SYSTEM AWOS = AUTOMATED WEATHER OBSERVATION SYSTEM NDAWN = NORTH DAKOTA AGRICULTURAL WEATHER NETWORK ARPT = AIRPORT XXXXX = NON NWS OR UNOFFICIAL REPORT XXARB = NORTH DAKOTA ATMOSPHERIC RESOURCE BOARD
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Pete Boulay, DNR Climatologist
Pete Boulay, DNR Climatologist
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