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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 11, 2014Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this areal flood warning at Apr 11, 2014, 12:51 PM CDT for Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 3 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 11, 2014, 12:51 PM CDT (17:51 UTC)
Expired
Apr 14, 2014, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
3 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
None

County Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 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 11, 12:47 PM CDT, 4 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 12:47 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 11, 6:58 AM CDT, 5 hours 53 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
658 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2014

MNZ002-003-005-006-008-009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006-007-
014-015-024-026-028>030-038-039-049-052>054-121200-
NORMAN-CLAY-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS-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-
BENSON-RAMSEY-EDDY-NELSON-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-
SARGENT-RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH-
658 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH
MINNESOTA OR ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANDO NORTH DAKOTA TO
ARNESEN MINNESOTA.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA TODAY AND AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND PRODUCE SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH
MINNESOTA

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA TODAY AND AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND PRODUCE SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

MNZ001-004-007-NDZ008-016-027-121200-
WEST POLK-KITTSON-WEST MARSHALL-PEMBINA-EASTERN WALSH-GRAND FORKS-
658 AM CDT FRI APR 11 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

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.

ALSO AREA OVERLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED MAINLY IN WALSH COUNTY.

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH
MINNESOTA OR ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANDO NORTH DAKOTA TO
ARNESEN MINNESOTA.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA TODAY AND AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND PRODUCE SNOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

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.

ALSO AREA OVERLAND FLOODING IS EXPECTED MAINLY IN WALSH COUNTY.

TWO TO FOUR INCHES OF SNOW WILL BE POSSIBLE FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY
MORNING ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
LESS SNOW IS EXPECTED ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER WITH
MINNESOTA OR ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM CANDO NORTH DAKOTA TO
ARNESEN MINNESOTA.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA TODAY AND AN UPPER
LEVEL DISTURBANCE WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA AND PRODUCE SNOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

HOPPES

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 11, 6:54 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFRoseau3 days
Apr 11, 12:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson, Marshall13 days
Apr 11, 12:06 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson13 days

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2014Every areal flood warning in 2014

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.