Flood, Eastern Walsh
- When
- April 19, 12:00 AM CST to April 25, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- Eastern Walsh forecast zone
- Property damage
- $10 million
- Coordinates
- 48.370, -97.721 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in North Dakota, April 19 to 25, 1997
Floodwaters from the Red River closed Interstate 29 at the Oslo, Minnesota, exit. Most roads east of the interstate were closed due to high water.
Where it happened
Every event with a place to put it; 1 filed by county or forecast zone are drawn at its center, in a lighter ring. Tap one for its entry below.
- Tornadoes
- Tropical storms and surge
- Floods
- Wind
- Hail
- Winter weather
- Heat and drought
- Cold
- Fire, smoke and dust
- Marine and coastal
- Other
The toll
- Deaths
- 0
- Injuries
- 0
- Property damage
- $10 million
- Crop damage
- None recorded
- Events
- 1
Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.
What happened
The episode as NWS FGF wrote it up.
Floodwaters from the Red River closed Interstate 29 at the Oslo, Minnesota, exit. Most roads east of the interstate were closed due to high water. A ring dike around the city of Grafton kept it dry from the Park River. The Red River crested on the 23rd in Oslo.
The radar
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
Event by event
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
What these are
- Flood
- Flooding that develops more slowly than a flash flood: rivers leaving their banks, or water standing over land for an extended time.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
The same day elsewhere
- Flood in Minnesota, April 19 to 25, 1997
- Coastal Flood and High Wind in Massachusetts, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Tennessee, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Nebraska, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Missouri, April 19, 1997
- Tornado in Kansas, April 19, 1997
- High Wind in Nevada, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Tennessee, April 19, 1997
- High Wind in Oregon, April 19 to 20, 1997
- Waterspout in U.S. Virgin Islands, April 19, 1997
- Hail in Georgia, April 19, 1997
More
Every storm in North Dakota in 1997Every state in 1997This day in weather historyWarnings in North Dakota, April 1997
Sources
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-09-24. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5591888.