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Areal Flood Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 16, 20114 counties in North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this areal flood warning at Apr 16, 2011, 3:50 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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 16, 2011, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired: May 17, 2011, 12:08 PM CDT
In force: 31 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Clay County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 93 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:52 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 15, 5:19 PM CDT, 22 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 5:19 PM CDT, 22 hours 31 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 16, 3:48 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Richland, Sargent	6 days
Apr 16, 4:03 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Barnes, Cass, Grand Forks, Griggs, Steele, Walsh	109 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.