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River Flood Warning 94, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 12, 2022Roseau County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at May 12, 2022, 11:19 AM CDT for Roseau County, Minnesota. It took effect at May 13, 2022, 7:33 AM CDT. It was in force for 5 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 12, 2022, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
In effect from: May 13, 2022, 7:33 AM CDT
Expired: May 17, 2022, 11:31 PM CDT
In force: 5 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

County Roseau County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Roseau River at Roseau (ROSM5).

Action stage: 14 ft
Minor stage: 16 ft
Moderate stage: 18 ft
Major stage: 19 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05105000, 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 May 12, 9:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 12, 9:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 12, 4:50 AM CDT, 6 hours 29 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 12, 8:12 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 9:05 AM CDT, 2 hours 14 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 12, 10:09 AM 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
May 11, 7:00 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Richland	6 hr
May 11, 8:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Walsh	29 min
May 12, 4:22 AM CDT	Flood Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 11 more	20 hr
May 12, 8:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Richland	48 min
May 12, 9:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Benson, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson, Ramsey	25 min
May 12, 9:56 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson	6 days
May 12, 10:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Walsh	66 min
May 12, 1:29 PM CDT	High Wind Watch	FGF	Barnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 3 more	13 hr
May 12, 5:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Griggs	51 min
May 12, 5:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson, Steele	52 min
May 12, 6:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	47 min
May 12, 6:47 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Ransom, Richland, Sargent	58 min
May 12, 6:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	50 min
May 12, 1:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	FGF	Clay, Wilkin	66 hr
May 12, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater	51 min

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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.