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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Duluth, MN

April 9, 2011Crow Wing County, Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this river flood warning at Apr 9, 2011, 1:24 AM CDT for Crow Wing County, Morrison County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 12, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 9, 2011, 1:24 AM CDT (06:24 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2011, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2011, 11:07 AM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Duluth, MN
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Crow Wing County, MN, Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:22 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 Mississippi River at Fort Ripley (FTRM5).

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10.5 ft
Moderate stage: 12.5 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05261000, 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 Duluth, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 9, 1:07 AM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 9, 1:07 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 9, 10:57 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	DLH	Aitkin	13 days
Apr 9, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	72 min
Apr 9, 5:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	DLH	Price	51 min
Apr 9, 5:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	DLH	Price	45 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2011 Every river flood warning in 2011

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.