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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 27, 2019Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 27, 2019, 9:41 AM CDT for Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 28, 2019, 8:07 AM CDT. It was in force for 36 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 27, 2019, 9:41 AM CDT (14:41 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 28, 2019, 8:07 AM CDT
Expired
May 3, 2019, 11:10 AM CDT
In force
36 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Red River of the North at Wahpeton (WHNN8).

Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05051500, 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 Mar 27, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 27, 6:49 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 26, 11:11 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFGFKittson, Marshall12 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2019River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2019Every river flood warning in 2019

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.