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River Flood Warning 44, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 26, 2010Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at May 26, 2010, 10:15 AM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It took effect at May 27, 2010, 2:48 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 26, 2010, 10:15 AM CDT (15:15 UTC)
In effect from: May 27, 2010, 2:48 PM CDT
Expired: May 31, 2010, 10:10 AM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Polk County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River of the North at Grand Forks (EGFM5). The gauge peaked at 30.59 ft at May 29, 2010, 4:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 27 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 46 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05082500, 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, 5:57 PM CDT, 16 hours 18 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 25, 5:57 PM CDT, 16 hours 18 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 25, 5:53 PM CDT, 16 hours 22 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 26, 10:15 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Marshall, Polk	6 days
May 25, 8:33 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Steele	17 hr
May 26, 4:18 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Steele	47 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2010 River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 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.