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Areal Flood Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 14, 201110 counties in North Dakota; Kittson County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this areal flood warning at Apr 14, 2011, 8:20 PM CDT for 10 counties in North Dakota; Kittson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 20 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 14, 2011, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
Expired: May 4, 2011, 4:00 PM CDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Kittson County, MN, Benson County, ND, Cavalier County, ND, Eddy County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Steele County, ND, Towner County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 103 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:24 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.

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 14, 4:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 14, 4:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 14, 6:22 AM CDT, 13 hours 58 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
622 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-151130-
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-EDDY-NELSON-GRAND FORKS-
GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT-RICHLAND-
WESTERN WALSH-
622 AM CDT THU APR 14 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SPRING STORM SYSTEM MOVING INTO THE PLAINS STATES WILL BRING A
RAIN AND SNOW MIX LATE TONIGHT AND INTO FRIDAY. THE MIXTURE WILL
CHANGE OVER TO ALL SNOW LATE THURSDAY NIGHT...AND SNOW MAY BE
COMING DOWN HEAVY ENOUGH THAT THERE COULD BE SOME ACCUMULATION
DESPITE GROUND TEMPERATURES JUST ABOVE FREEZING. THE BEST CHANCES
FOR THIS WILL BE WEST OF A COOPERSTOWN TO WAHPETON LINE. A WINTER
STORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR AFTER 3 AM CDT FRIDAY.

WIDESPREAD SPRING SNOW MELT AREAL AND RIVERINE FLOODING CONTINUES
ALONG THE RED RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. REFER TO THE LATEST
FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SNOW WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON FRIDAY BEFORE TAPERING
OFF FRIDAY EVENING. TOTAL ACCUMULATIONS WEST OF A COOPERSTOWN TO
WAHPETON LINE COULD REACH THE 4 TO 8 INCH RANGE AND A WINTER STORM
WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM CDT SATURDAY. FURTHER NORTH AND
EAST...SNOW AMOUNTS WILL RANGE FROM A DUSTING TO 3 INCHES.

WIDESPREAD SPRING SNOW MELT AREAL AND RIVERINE FLOODING CONTINUES
ALONG THE RED RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES. REFER TO THE LATEST
FLOOD WARNINGS AND STATEMENTS FOR DETAILED INFORMATION ON
SPECIFIC LOCATIONS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED...BUT REPORTS OF
PRECIPITATION AMOUNTS ARE APPRECIATED.

JR

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.