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River Flood Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 3, 2024Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at Jun 3, 2024, 10:09 AM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota. It took effect at Jun 3, 2024, 9:16 PM CDT. It was in force for 63 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 3, 2024, 10:09 AM CDT (15:09 UTC)
In effect from
Jun 3, 2024, 9:16 PM CDT
Expired
Jun 6, 2024, 12:44 PM CDT
In force
63 hr
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 Wahpeton (WHNN8). The gauge peaked at 11.93 ft at Jun 5, 2024, 1:00 AM CDT.

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Action stage
9.5 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05051500, 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 3, 9:58 AM CDT, 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 3, 9:58 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 3, 4:35 AM CDT, 5 hours 34 minutes before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 3, 5:04 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
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      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
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        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 2, 7:04 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBarnes, Ransom41 min
Jun 2, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWalsh25 min
Jun 2, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Destructive damage threatFGFRansom47 min
Jun 2, 7:49 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRansom26 min
Jun 2, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFGFRansom, Richland, Sargent53 min
Jun 2, 8:09 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFGFRansom30 min
Jun 2, 8:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom, Richland, Sargent62 min
Jun 2, 9:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFCavalier26 min
Jun 2, 9:14 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRichland31 min
Jun 2, 9:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRichland62 min
Jun 3, 2:34 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFGFBenson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Nelson, Pembina and 3 more6 hr
Jun 2, 8:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFClay32 min
Jun 2, 10:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWilkin48 min
Jun 3, 10:13 AM CDTFlood WatchFGFClay43 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.