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River Flood Warning 41, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 12, 2010Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2010, 9:38 PM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 14, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 12, 2010, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
In effect from
May 14, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
May 13, 2010, 9:39 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
Minor

County Clay County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:41 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 Buffalo River (MN) near Dilworth (DILM5). The gauge peaked at 11.38 ft at May 12, 2010, 10:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05062000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.