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River Flood Warning 65, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 7, 2019Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Oct 7, 2019, 10:04 AM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 10, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 30 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Oct 7, 2019, 10:04 AM CDT (15:04 UTC)
In effect from
Oct 10, 2019, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Nov 8, 2019, 11:27 PM CST
In force
30 days
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:11 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 Drayton (DRTN8).

Action stage
28 ft
Minor stage
32 ft
Moderate stage
38 ft
Major stage
42 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05092000, 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 Oct 6, 3:25 PM CDT, 18 hours 39 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 6, 3:25 PM CDT, 18 hours 39 minutes before
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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.