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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 13, 2008Norman County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Oct 13, 2008, 11:42 AM CDT for Norman County, Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 14, 2008, 12:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 13, 2008, 11:42 AM CDT (16:42 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 14, 2008, 12:24 AM CDT
Expired: Oct 18, 2008, 9:35 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: Minor

County Norman County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Wild Rice River (MN) at Hendrum (HNDM5). The gauge peaked at 21.01 ft at Oct 16, 2008, 7:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 18 ft
Minor stage: 20 ft
Moderate stage: 28 ft
Major stage: 32 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05064000, 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 warning 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 warning went out at Oct 13, 10:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 13, 10:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 13, 6:46 AM CDT, 4 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
646 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2008

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-141200-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
646 AM CDT MON OCT 13 2008

...A FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE RED RIVER AT
HALSTAD...EAST GRAND FORKS AND OSLO FOR TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RESIDUAL RAIN SHOWERS WILL LINGER THIS MORNING FROM THE RED RIVER
VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ADDITIONAL
RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED TO BE LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

NG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 13, 11:42 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Wilkin	23 hr
Oct 13, 3:20 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Becker, Clay, Clearwater, Grant, Kittson, Mahnomen and 8 more	18 hr
Oct 13, 3:20 PM CDT	Freeze Warning	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 5 more	18 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

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.