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River Flood Warning 62, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 28, 2009Polk County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Jun 28, 2009, 10:16 AM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 28, 2009, 2:12 PM CDT. It was in force for 7 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 28, 2009, 10:16 AM CDT (15:16 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 28, 2009, 2:12 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 28, 2009, 9:21 PM CDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: Minor

County Polk County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:20 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 Red Lake River at Crookston (CRKM5).

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05079000, 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 28, 4:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 28, 4:30 AM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 28, 10:10 AM CDT, 6 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
1010 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-291200-
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-
1010 AM CDT SUN JUN 28 2009

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TODAY WITH
GUSTS OVER 30 MPH ILKELY.

LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHWEST ONTARIO WILL WEAKEN TODAY. THE
LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM WILL PRODUCE THE BREEZY CONDITIONS ACROSS THE
AREA TODAY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS AS WE APPROACH THE FOURTH
OF JULY WEEKEND.  OTHERWISE DRY NEXT WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

HOPPES/RIDDLE

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 27, 8:42 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Pembina	48 min
Jun 28, 10:16 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Pembina, Walsh	7 days
Jun 28, 5:47 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 7 more	3 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2009 Every 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.