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River Flood Warning 56, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 26, 2010Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Oct 26, 2010, 10:30 AM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota. It took effect at Oct 28, 2010, 10:05 PM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 26, 2010, 10:30 AM CDT (15:30 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 28, 2010, 10:05 PM CDT
Expired
Nov 7, 2010, 12:39 PM CST
In force
10 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
Minor

County Clay County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:32 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 Buffalo River (MN) near Dilworth (DILM5).

Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
13 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05062000, 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 Oct 26, 9:41 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 26, 9:41 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 26, 6:59 AM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
659 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

MNZ003-029>031-040-NDZ029-038-039-049-052-053-271200-
CLAY-WILKIN-WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-GRANT-STEELE-BARNES-
CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
659 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...HIGH WIND WARNING IN EFFECT FOR THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH
TONIGHT...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

.VERY STRONG WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP TODAY AS A DEEP
AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LIFTS NORTH. WIND
SPEEDS FROM 25 TO 35 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. AREAS
OF RAIN WILL ALSO CONTINUE INTO TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL RAIN AMOUNTS
FROM A HALF TO AN INCH ARE POSSIBLE. THE RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED
WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO SNOW LATE TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

AREAS OF SNOW WILL CONTINUE WEDNESDAY ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS.
VISIBILITY MAY BECOME RESTRICTED IN ANY HEAVIER SNOW
BANDS...ESPECIALLY DURING THE MORNING COMMUTE. SNOW WILL GRADUALLY
TAPER OFF BY EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

RAIN AND SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE WELCOME.

MNZ001-002-004-005-007-008-013>015-022-027-028-NDZ008-016-027-030-
271200-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-KITTSON-ROSEAU-WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-
PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-EAST POLK-MAHNOMEN-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-
PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-GRAND FORKS-TRAILL-
659 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A VARIETY OF INCLEMENT WEATHER TO AFFECT THE REGION INTO
WEDNESDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

AREAS OF RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY. ALSO STRONG
WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON AND CONTINUE
TONIGHT. LATER TONIGHT THE RAIN MAY BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE
OVER TO SNOW. SOME SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE POSSIBLE BY MORNING. ANY
HEAVIER SNOW BANDS WILL COMBINE WITH THE WIND TO REDUCE
VISIBILITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

ANY LINGERING RAIN SHOULD CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW BY WEDNESDAY
MORNING AND CONTINUE DURING THE DAY. SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE AGAIN
POSSIBLE ALONG WITH REDUCED VISIBILITY WITH ANY HEAVIER SNOW BANDS
AND STRONG WIND. STRONG WESTERLY WINDS WILL CONTINUE. THE LIGHT
SNOW AND WIND SHOULD GRADUALLY DIMINISH DURING THE EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

RAIN AND SNOW REPORTS ARE WELCOME.

MNZ006-009-016-017-023-024-032-271200-
LAKE OF THE WOODS-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WADENA-
659 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...RAIN TO CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND TONIGHT. ADDITIONAL
RAIN ACCUMULATIONS OF AN INCH OR GREATER ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

RAIN WILL BECOME MIXED WITH OR CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW DURING THE
DAY WEDNESDAY. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT ANTICIPATED.
GUSTY WEST TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL CONTINUE DURING THE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

RAINFALL REPORTS ARE WELCOME.

NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-054-271200-
TOWNER-CAVALIER-BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-
WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
659 AM CDT TUE OCT 26 2010

...A BLIZZARD WARNING IN EFFECT FROM LATE AFTERNOON INTO
WEDNESDAY...

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

RAIN WILL CONTINUE TODAY BECOMING MIXED WITH THEN CHANGING OVER TO
ALL SNOW BY EVENING. SIGNIFICANT SNOW ACCUMULATIONS ARE EXPECTED
WITH 4 TO 6 INCHES POSSIBLE BY MORNING. IN ADDITION WEST TO
NORTHWEST WINDS WILL INCREASE DURING THE DAY WITH GUSTS UP TO 50
MPH POSSIBLE. WHEN COMBINED WITH HEAVIER SNOW BANDS LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT BLIZZARD CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR. FALLING
TEMPERATURES AND SNOW WILL ALSO CAUSE HAZARDOUS TRAVEL WITH SNOW
COVERED AND SLICK ROADWAYS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

SNOW AND STRONG WINDS WILL CONTINUE INTO WEDNESDAY WITH ADDITIONAL
ACCUMULATIONS EXPECTED. REDUCED VISIBILITY ALONG WITH SLICK AND
SNOW COVERED ROADWAYS WILL MAKE FOR A DANGEROUS COMMUTE WEDNESDAY
MORNING. SNOW AND WIND WILL GRADUALLY DIMINISH LATER IN THE DAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

RAIN AND SNOWFALL REPORTS ARE WELCOME.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 26, 4:42 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFGFBecker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson, Mahnomen, Marshall and 6 more10 hr
Oct 26, 10:30 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson24 hr
Oct 26, 2:35 PM CDTWind AdvisoryFGFKittson, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake, Roseau19 hr
Oct 26, 2:35 PM CDTWinter Storm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Grant, Kittson, Marshall, Norman and 4 more24 hr
Oct 26, 2:35 PM CDTWinter Weather AdvisoryFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Marshall, Pennington and 3 more24 hr
Oct 26, 5:04 AM CDTBlizzard WarningFGFBenson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey and 2 more33 hr

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.