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River Flood Warning 23, NWS Grand Forks, ND

April 16, 2023Kittson County, Minnesota; Pembina County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 16, 2023, 12:09 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota; Pembina County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 20, 2023, 2:30 PM CDT. It was in force for 27 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 16, 2023, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 20, 2023, 2:30 PM CDT
Expired
May 17, 2023, 9:41 AM CDT
In force
27 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 17:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Red River of the North at Pembina (PBNN8). The gauge peaked at 46.64 ft at May 4, 2023, 1:00 AM CDT.

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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 Apr 15, 6:16 PM CDT, 17 hours 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 15, 6:16 PM CDT, 17 hours 53 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 16, 12:09 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningFGFKittson, Marshall31 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2023River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2023Every river flood warning in 2023

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.