Flood, West Marshall
- When
- April 2, 12:00 AM CST to April 10, 11:59 PM CST
- Where
- West Marshall forecast zone
- Reported by
- NEWSPAPER
- Coordinates
- 48.358, -96.368 (the zone’s center; the record gives no point)
Flood in Minnesota, April 2 to 10, 1999
7 feet. The town's ring dike held, but roads to the town were under 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
- None recorded
- 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.
The Red River crested in Oslo on April 3rd at 36.7 feet. The town's ring dike held, but roads to the town were under water.
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
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 8, 1999
- Tornadoes and Flash Flooding in Oklahoma, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Tornadoes and Hail in Kansas, April 2 to 5, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Winds in Texas, April 2 to 13, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Missouri, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2, 1999
- Hail and Damaging Wind in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Winter Storm in South Dakota, April 2 to 3, 1999
- Hail in Texas, April 2 to 3, 1999
- High Wind in Alaska, April 2, 1999
- Hail in Iowa, April 2, 1999
More
Every storm in Minnesota in 1999Every state in 1999This day in weather historyWarnings in Minnesota, April 1999
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: 5687704.