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River Flood Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 12, 2010Norman County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 12, 2010, 3:29 PM CST for Norman County, Minnesota. It was in force for 68 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 12, 2010, 3:29 PM CST (21:29 UTC)
Expired: Mar 15, 2010, 12:33 PM CDT
In force: 68 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity: Minor

County Norman County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:30 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 Wild Rice River (MN) at Twin Valley (TWVM5). The gauge peaked at 14.69 ft at Mar 13, 2010, 5:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05062500, 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 12, 2:35 PM CST, 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 12, 2:35 PM CST, 54 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 12, 6:46 AM CST, 8 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
646 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-131300-
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-
646 AM CST FRI MAR 12 2010

...RIVER FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR SOME RIVERS IN THE SOUTHERN
RED RIVER BASIN...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

PERIODIC RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS OF AROUND ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH COULD
OCCUR ALONG AND SOUTH OF A WAHPETON TO PARK RAPIDS LINE...WITH
LESS THAN ONE QUARTER OF AN INCH OF PRECIPITATION POSSIBLE NORTH
OF THIS LINE. COLDER AIR IN THE DEVILS LAKE REGION COULD PRODUCE A
RAIN AND SNOW MIX...ESPECIALLY IN THE OVERNIGHT HOURS. HOWEVER...
LITTLE TO NO SNOWFALL ACCUMULATION IS EXPECTED.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

SNOW MELT AND RUNOFF FROM RECENT RAINS WILL START TO PUSH SOME
RIVERS IN THE SOUTHERN RED RIVER BASIN TO FLOOD STAGE OR HIGHER
EARLY NEXT WEEK. REFER TO THE LATEST RIVER AND FLOOD PRODUCTS FOR
DETAILS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS PLEASE PROVIDE PRECIPITATION REPORTS.

NG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Mar 12, 9:13 AM CST	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Clay, Norman, Wilkin	6 days
Mar 12, 11:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FGF	Clay	10 days
Mar 12, 11:03 AM CST	River Flood Warning	FGF	Clay	16 days
Mar 12, 12:08 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FGF	Wilkin	29 days
Mar 12, 12:08 PM CST	River Flood Warning	FGF	Clay	42 days

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.