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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 25, 2013Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 25, 2013, 1:09 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 26, 2013, 2:45 PM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 25, 2013, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 26, 2013, 2:45 PM CDT
Expired
May 4, 2013, 1:10 PM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Major

County Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Wild Rice River (ND) near Abercrombie (ABRN8). The gauge peaked at 21.63 ft at Apr 29, 2013, 6:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
17 ft
Minor stage
20 ft
Moderate stage
22 ft
Major stage
28 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05053000, 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 Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at Apr 25, 12:54 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 12:54 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 25, 6:18 AM CDT, 6 hours 51 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
618 AM CDT THU APR 25 2013

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-261130-
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-
618 AM CDT THU APR 25 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

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

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 25, 11:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFClay9 days
Apr 25, 11:26 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson13 days
Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFNorman5 days
Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFNorman13 days
Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFNorman8 days
Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPolk6 days
Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPolk6 days
Apr 25, 4:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFRoseau7 days
Apr 25, 5:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFNorman13 days
Apr 25, 5:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPolk17 days
Apr 25, 5:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFMarshall, Polk19 days
Apr 25, 5:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson, Marshall24 days
Apr 25, 5:43 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson24 days
Apr 25, 10:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass, Richland7 days
Apr 25, 10:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass, Ransom8 days
Apr 25, 4:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass6 days
Apr 25, 4:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCass9 days
Apr 25, 4:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFTraill7 days
Apr 25, 4:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFWalsh8 days
Apr 25, 4:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFWalsh10 days
Apr 25, 4:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFCavalier, Pembina12 days
Apr 25, 4:25 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFPembina13 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2013Every river flood warning in 2013

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.