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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 10, 2019Marshall County, Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Jul 10, 2019, 10:29 AM CDT for Marshall County, Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It took effect at Jul 13, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 10, 2019, 10:29 AM CDT (15:29 UTC)
In effect from: Jul 13, 2019, 5:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 18, 2019, 6:24 PM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Marshall County, MN, Polk County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:30 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 Oslo (OSLM5).

Action stage: 23 ft
Minor stage: 26 ft
Moderate stage: 30 ft
Major stage: 36 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05083500, 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 Jul 10, 10:05 AM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 10, 10:05 AM CDT, 24 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
Jul 9, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker	45 min
Jul 9, 8:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker	40 min
Jul 9, 8:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	46 min
Jul 9, 8:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail	43 min
Jul 9, 9:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker	41 min
Jul 9, 9:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail, Wadena	27 min
Jul 9, 9:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Clay	24 hr
Jul 9, 9:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Wadena	65 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2019 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.