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River Flood Warning 54, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 24, 2010Polk County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Sep 24, 2010, 10:14 AM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota. It took effect at Sep 25, 2010, 11:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 70 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 24, 2010, 10:14 AM CDT (15:14 UTC)
In effect from
Sep 25, 2010, 11:24 AM CDT
Expired
Sep 28, 2010, 9:40 AM CDT
In force
70 hr
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 15:16 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 Lake River at Crookston (CRKM5). The gauge peaked at 16.89 ft at Sep 26, 2010, 12:00 AM CDT.

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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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 24, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPolk7 days
Sep 24, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFMarshall, Polk7 days
Sep 24, 10:14 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson9 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 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.