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River Flood Warning 25, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 15, 2010Polk County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 15, 2010, 12:41 PM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 17, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 15 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 15, 2010, 12:41 PM CDT (17:41 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2010, 7:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 1, 2010, 9:54 AM CDT
In force
15 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
Moderate

County Polk County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:38 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 Sandhill River at Climax (CLXM5). The gauge peaked at 29.85 ft at Mar 23, 2010, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
15 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
25 ft
Major stage
30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05069000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 15, 11:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPolk30 days
Mar 15, 11:38 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFMarshall, Polk33 days
Mar 14, 10:22 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass27 days
Mar 14, 10:55 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchFGFRansom10 hr
Mar 15, 9:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFRansom12 days
Mar 15, 9:04 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass28 days
Mar 15, 10:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass, Richland25 days
Mar 15, 10:28 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass, Ransom13 days
Mar 15, 1:05 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFBarnes4 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.