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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 17, 2010Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2010, 11:10 AM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 18, 2010, 7:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 33 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2010, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 18, 2010, 7:36 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 20, 2010, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
33 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
Major

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 River of the North at Drayton (DRTN8).

Action stage
28 ft
Minor stage
32 ft
Moderate stage
38 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05092000, 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 17, 11:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson32 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2010River 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.