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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 21, 2025Clay County, Minnesota; Cass County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this river flood warning at May 21, 2025, 10:37 AM CDT for Clay County, Minnesota; Cass County, North Dakota. It took effect at May 22, 2025, 12:02 PM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 21, 2025, 10:37 AM CDT (15:37 UTC)
In effect from: May 22, 2025, 12:02 PM CDT
Expired: May 26, 2025, 5:01 AM CDT
In force: 4 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 15:37 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). The gauge peaked at 19.14 ft at May 24, 2025, 7:00 AM CDT.

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 May 20, 6:37 PM CDT, 16 hours earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 20, 6:37 PM CDT, 16 hours 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 21, 2:06 PM CDT	Frost Advisory	FGF	Becker, Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen and 7 more	19 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in Minnesota, 2025 River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2025 Every river flood warning in 2025

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.