Alert archive / North Dakota / Areal Flood Warnings in 2011

Areal Flood Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 3, 20115 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this areal flood warning at Apr 3, 2011, 3:03 PM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota; 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 7 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 3, 2011, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
Expired: Apr 10, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
In force: 7 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Grant County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Apr 3, 3:03 PM CDT, 0 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 3, 3:03 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 3, 2:44 PM CDT, 19 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
244 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-041945-
WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-
WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE-
EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN-
SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN-
WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER-
PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON-
GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-
RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-
244 PM CDT SUN APR 3 2011

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A BAND OF LIGHT SNOW...MIXED INITIALLY WITH SOME LIGHT RAIN...WILL
AFFECT AREAS ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94 TONIGHT. THIS IS
EXPECTED TO PRODUCE ADDITIONAL SNOWFALL AMOUNTS LESS THAN ONE
INCH. COLDER AIR WILL ALSO MOVE IN TONIGHT ALONG WITH GUSTY NORTH
WINDS.

RIVER FLOOD WARNINGS FOR THE MAIN STEM RED AND MANY OF ITS
TRIBUTARIES WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT AS RUNOFF FROM WARMER
TEMPERATURES CONTINUES TO INCREASE RIVER LEVELS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR RAIN OR SNOW SHOWERS TUESDAY NIGHT INTO
WEDNESDAY. A STORM SYSTEM MAY ALSO IMPACT THE AREA LATE IN THE
WEEK.

RIVER FLOODING WILL CONTINUE TO WORSEN DURING THE WEEK AS RIVER
LEVELS ALONG THE MAIN STEM RED AND ITS TRIBUTARIES RISE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:06 AM CDT, 5 hours 57 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
906 AM CDT SUN APR 03 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0904 AM     SNOW             3 N HANSBORO            49.00N 99.38W
04/03/2011  M3.0 INCH        TOWNER             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            0.59 INCHES OF LIQUID EQUIVALENT

&&

DKELLENB

Local storm report, Apr 3, 9:07 AM CDT, 5 hours 56 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
907 AM CDT SUN APR 03 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0904 AM     SNOW             PARK RIVER              48.39N 97.74W
04/03/2011  M2.0 INCH        WALSH              ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            0.29 WATER EQUIVALENT

&&

DKELLENB

Local storm report, Apr 3, 10:05 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1005 AM CDT SUN APR 03 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1004 AM     SNOW             EDMORE                  48.41N 98.45W
04/03/2011  M3.0 INCH        RAMSEY             ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

DKELLENB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 2, 9:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass, Ransom	25 days
Apr 3, 3:58 AM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh	11 hr
Apr 3, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass, Richland	47 days
Apr 3, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	51 days
Apr 3, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	50 days
Apr 2, 9:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Norman	5 days
Apr 2, 9:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Norman	19 days
Apr 2, 9:42 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Marshall	5 days
Apr 3, 8:26 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Marshall	63 hr
Apr 3, 12:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Polk	28 days

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2011 Areal Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2011 Every areal 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.