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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 2, 2019Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 2, 2019, 10:52 AM CDT for Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 4, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 21 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 2, 2019, 10:52 AM CDT (15:52 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 4, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 25, 2019, 7:44 AM CDT
In force: 21 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

Counties Cass County, ND, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 105 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sheyenne River near Kindred (KNDN8).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 19 ft
Major stage: 20.5 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05059000, 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 2, 10:41 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 2, 10:41 AM CDT, 11 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 1, 8:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Norman	29 days
Apr 2, 3:42 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Clay	50 hr
Apr 1, 8:38 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Cass	62 hr
Apr 2, 6:55 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	19 days
Apr 2, 10:39 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Cass	3 min
Apr 2, 12:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	25 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2019 Every 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.