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River Flood Warning 31, NWS Grand Forks, ND

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

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2010, 11:10 AM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota; Pembina County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 22, 2010, 10:52 AM CDT. It was in force for 27 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2010, 11:10 AM CDT (16:10 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 22, 2010, 10:52 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 18, 2010, 10:07 PM CDT
In force
27 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
Moderate

Counties Kittson County, MN, Pembina County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 139 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 Pembina (PBNN8). The gauge peaked at 49.73 ft at Apr 1, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
35 ft
Minor stage
39 ft
Moderate stage
44 ft
Major stage
49 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05102490, 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 Mar 17, 4:39 AM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 17, 4:39 AM CDT, 6 hours 31 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 17, 11:10 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson, Marshall34 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.