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River Flood Warning 52, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 24, 2010Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Sep 24, 2010, 10:14 AM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It took effect at Sep 27, 2010, 8:36 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2010, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 27, 2010, 8:36 PM CDT
Expired
Oct 1, 2010, 10:20 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 15:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Grand Forks (EGFM5). The gauge peaked at 29.45 ft at Sep 29, 2010, 5:00 AM CDT.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFMarshall, Polk7 days
Sep 24, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPolk4 days
Sep 24, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson9 days

Nearby

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