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River Flood Warning 20, NWS Grand Forks, ND

March 23, 2022Pembina County, North Dakota; Kittson County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 23, 2022, 9:44 PM CDT for Pembina County, North Dakota; Kittson County, Minnesota. It took effect at Mar 28, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 20 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 23, 2022, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
In effect from: Mar 28, 2022, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2022, 9:29 AM CDT
In force: 20 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Kittson County, MN, Pembina County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:48 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 Pembina (PBNN8). The gauge peaked at 42.96 ft at Apr 5, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 35 ft
Minor stage: 39 ft
Moderate stage: 44 ft
Major stage: 49 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05102490, 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 23, 7:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 23, 7:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 33 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 24, 2:45 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	28 hr

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.