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River Flood Warning 78, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 30, 2022Norman County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2022, 8:05 PM CDT for Norman County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 1, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 22 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 30, 2022, 8:05 PM CDT (01:05 UTC)
In effect from: May 1, 2022, 1:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 1, 2022, 10:35 PM CDT
In force: 22 hr
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Norman County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Wild Rice River (MN) at Twin Valley (TWVM5). The gauge peaked at 10.36 ft at May 1, 2022, 8:00 AM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 10 ft
Moderate stage: 12 ft
Major stage: 14 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05062500, 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 30, 3:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 3:53 PM CDT, 4 hours 12 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 30, 7:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake and 1 more	6 days
May 1, 8:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Roseau	37 hr

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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.