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River Flood Warning 43, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 25, 2010Polk County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at May 25, 2010, 10:32 AM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 25, 2010, 2:23 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 25, 2010, 10:32 AM CDT (15:32 UTC)
In effect from: May 25, 2010, 2:23 PM CDT
Expired: May 29, 2010, 4:52 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: Minor

County Polk County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red Lake River at Crookston (CRKM5). The gauge peaked at 20.29 ft at May 26, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 20 ft
Major stage: 23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05079000, 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 May 25, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 5:00 AM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 4:40 AM CDT, 5 hours 52 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 25, 7:22 AM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 25, 8:58 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 7:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake	11 hr
May 24, 7:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods	55 min
May 24, 7:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington	58 min
May 24, 8:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods	30 min
May 24, 8:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau	10 hr
May 24, 11:20 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Kittson	9 days
May 25, 3:51 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Kittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau	14 hr
May 25, 6:57 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake	29 hr
May 25, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Marshall, Polk	24 hr
May 25, 10:47 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Polk	24 hr
May 24, 7:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Steele	28 min
May 24, 7:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele and 1 more	47 min
May 24, 9:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Ramsey, Towner	55 min
May 25, 9:46 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Nelson, Ramsey, Towner and 1 more	8 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2010 Every 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.