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River Flood Warning 47, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 31, 2010Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2010, 9:42 AM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It took effect at May 31, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 65 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2010, 9:42 AM CDT (14:42 UTC)
In effect from: May 31, 2010, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 3, 2010, 6:22 AM CDT
In force: 65 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: Minor

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 14:48 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 Red River of the North at Drayton (DRTN8). The gauge peaked at 32.39 ft at Jun 1, 2010, 8:00 PM CDT.

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.

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 31, 3:07 AM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 3:07 AM CDT, 6 hours 35 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 6:20 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
620 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-011130-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
620 AM CDT MON MAY 31 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON IN EASTERN
NORTH DAKOTA AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. A FEW STORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...IN ADDITION TO HEAVY DOWNPOURS.

RIVER AND AREAL FLOODING CONTINUES IN PEMBINA AND KITTSON COUNTIES
FROM RAIN ON SATURDAY NIGHT. WATER SHOULD SLOWLY RECEDE OVER THE
NEXT FEW DAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

DK

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.