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River Flood Warning 28, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 16, 2010Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 16, 2010, 10:34 AM CDT for Walsh County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 17, 2010, 7:51 PM CDT. It was in force for 3 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 16, 2010, 10:34 AM CDT (15:34 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 17, 2010, 7:51 PM CDT
Expired
Mar 21, 2010, 4:46 AM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
Moderate

County Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:39 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 Forest River at Minto (MTON8). The gauge peaked at 7.91 ft at Mar 19, 2010, 12:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
4.5 ft
Minor stage
6 ft
Moderate stage
8 ft
Major stage
11 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05085000, 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 16, 10:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFTraill9 days
Mar 16, 10:34 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFWalsh70 hr
Mar 16, 2:47 PM CDTFlood WatchFGFBarnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 9 more3 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 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.