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River Flood Warning 81, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 19, 2019Barnes County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Oct 19, 2019, 11:06 AM CDT for Barnes County, North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 21, 2019, 9:24 AM CDT. It was in force for 19 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 19, 2019, 11:06 AM CDT (16:06 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 21, 2019, 9:24 AM CDT
Expired: Nov 9, 2019, 10:06 AM CST
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Moderate

County Barnes County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Sheyenne River at Valley City (VCRN8). The gauge peaked at 15.22 ft at Oct 22, 2019, 9:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 12.5 ft
Minor stage: 15 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 17 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05058500, 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 19, 10:14 AM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 19, 10:14 AM CDT, 52 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
Oct 19, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	21 days
Oct 19, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Ransom	8 days
Oct 19, 11:06 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	21 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.