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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 25, 2009Barnes County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 25, 2009, 9:07 PM CDT for Barnes County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 28, 2009, 9:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 25, 2009, 9:07 PM CDT (02:07 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 28, 2009, 9:24 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 28, 2009, 10:14 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
Minor

County Barnes County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:06 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 Sheyenne River at Valley City (VCRN8). The gauge peaked at 14.59 ft at Mar 24, 2009, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
12.5 ft
Minor stage
15 ft
Moderate stage
16 ft
Major stage
17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05058500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.