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River Flood Warning 69, NWS Grand Forks, ND

November 27, 2010Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Nov 27, 2010, 10:13 AM CST for Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota. It took effect at Nov 27, 2010, 12:00 PM CST. It was in force for 57 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Nov 27, 2010, 10:13 AM CST (16:13 UTC)
In effect from
Nov 27, 2010, 12:00 PM CST
Expired
Nov 29, 2010, 9:24 PM CST
In force
57 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:18 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 Wahpeton (WHNN8). The gauge peaked at 10.62 ft at Nov 28, 2010, 8:00 AM CST.

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Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05051500, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

Nearby

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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.