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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 17, 2009Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Jun 17, 2009, 9:08 AM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 19, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 2009, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 19, 2009, 12:00 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 29, 2009, 9:05 AM CDT
In force
10 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
Minor

County Clay County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:09 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 Buffalo River (MN) near Dilworth (DILM5). The gauge peaked at 19.10 ft at Jun 22, 2009, 3:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05062000, 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 Jun 16, 3:14 PM CDT, 17 hours 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:14 PM CDT, 17 hours 54 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 9:16 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFRichland13 hr
Jun 17, 2:26 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGFRansom, Richland, Sargent11 hr
Jun 17, 8:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFRichland9 days
Jun 17, 9:29 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass16 days
Jun 17, 10:01 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningFGFCass, Richland24 hr
Jun 17, 3:26 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRichland49 min
Jun 17, 9:08 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFClay10 days
Jun 17, 3:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWilkin50 min
Jun 17, 4:45 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrant, Otter Tail, Wilkin60 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

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.