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River Flood Warning 17, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 29, 2024Cass County, North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Jun 29, 2024, 8:24 AM CDT for Cass County, North Dakota; Clay County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 30, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 29, 2024, 8:24 AM CDT (13:24 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 30, 2024, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: Jul 5, 2024, 3:01 PM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: Minor

Counties Clay County, MN, Cass County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:28 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 Fargo (FGON8).

Action stage: 17 ft
Minor stage: 18 ft
Moderate stage: 25 ft
Major stage: 30 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05054000, 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 Jun 29, 6:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 29, 6:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 29, 8:09 AM CDT, 15 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
Jun 28, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Eddy	27 min
Jun 28, 8:19 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Griggs, Steele	41 min
Jun 28, 8:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Steele, Traill	46 min
Jun 28, 9:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Traill	42 min
Jun 28, 10:03 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	27 min
Jun 28, 10:15 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	FGF	Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	45 min
Jun 28, 10:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	29 min
Jun 28, 10:32 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk	28 min
Jun 28, 10:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Polk	52 min
Jun 28, 11:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Hubbard	45 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2024 River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2024 Every river flood warning in 2024

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.