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River Flood Warning 33, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 8, 2019Ransom County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 8, 2019, 2:37 AM CDT for Ransom County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 8, 2019, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
Expired: Apr 9, 2019, 10:09 AM CDT
In force: 32 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Ransom County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sheyenne River at Lisbon (LBNN8). The gauge peaked at 15.97 ft at Apr 8, 2019, 10:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 11 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 17 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05058700, 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 7, 11:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 7, 11:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 7, 3:54 PM CDT, 10 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Apr 7, 10:32 PM CDT, 4 hours 5 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 7, 9:11 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Marshall	66 hr
Apr 7, 11:46 PM CDT	Dense Fog Advisory	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Pennington, Polk and 2 more	4 hr
Apr 8, 8:18 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Clearwater, Mahnomen	55 hr
Apr 8, 9:05 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Polk	54 hr
Apr 7, 8:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh	66 hr
Apr 8, 11:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Ransom, Sargent	55 hr

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.