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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 21, 2022Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Polk County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 21, 2022, 11:38 AM CDT for Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Polk County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 24, 2022, 4:20 AM CDT. It was in force for 10 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 21, 2022, 11:38 AM CDT (16:38 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 24, 2022, 4:20 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 2, 2022, 7:56 PM CDT
In force: 10 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Polk County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:37 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 Grand Forks (EGFM5). The gauge peaked at 34.27 ft at Mar 27, 2022, 11:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 27 ft
Minor stage: 28 ft
Moderate stage: 40 ft
Major stage: 46 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05082500, 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 Mar 21, 9:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 21, 9:36 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 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
Mar 20, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	4 days
Mar 20, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Traill	21 days
Mar 20, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass	21 days
Mar 21, 11:38 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Walsh	21 days
Mar 20, 9:28 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Norman	21 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2022 River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2022 Every river flood warning in 2022

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.