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River Flood Warning 46, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 21, 2022Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 21, 2022, 8:23 PM CDT for Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 24, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 51 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 21, 2022, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 24, 2022, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 14, 2022, 10:44 AM CDT
In force: 51 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 01:24 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). The gauge peaked at 43.19 ft at May 4, 2022, 10:00 PM CDT.

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 Apr 21, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 10 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
Apr 22, 9:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Barnes	34 min
Apr 22, 9:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cass	38 min
Apr 22, 10:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Steele	39 min
Apr 22, 11:27 AM CDT	Flood Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs and 7 more	20 hr
Apr 22, 12:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass, Ransom	7 days
Apr 22, 12:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Traill	14 days
Apr 22, 12:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Cass, Richland	36 days
Apr 22, 12:11 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Barnes	11 days
Apr 22, 12:18 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Pembina	53 days
Apr 22, 12:51 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Steele	30 hr
Apr 22, 4:04 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Ransom	31 days
Apr 21, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Marshall	13 days
Apr 21, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Marshall	15 days
Apr 21, 8:23 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Kittson	17 days
Apr 22, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Polk	47 min
Apr 22, 1:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Pennington	45 min
Apr 22, 2:02 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Pennington	43 min
Apr 22, 2:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	57 min
Apr 22, 3:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	28 min

Nearby

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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.