Spring snowmelt and overland flooding led to numerous road closures, road and culvert washouts, and bridge closures around Barnes county. Three people were injured in Minnie Lake Township when a road collapsed beneath their car.
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Spring snowmelt and overland flooding led to numerous road closures, road and culvert washouts, and bridge closures around Barnes county. Three people were injured in Minnie Lake Township when a road collapsed beneath their car. Several basements were also flooded by the high water.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Mar 31, 8:40 PM CST, 3 hours 20 minutes earlier.
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 840 PM CST SAT MAR 31 2001 FORECAST CHALLENGE FOR TONIGHT IS TEMPS. CURRENT SATELLITE IMAGERY SHOWS SCT SC AND AC OVER CWFA....WITH SOME MVFR STILL IN E COUNTIES. LATEST MSAS SFC PRESSURE ANALYSIS HAS LOW CENTERED ON S EDGE OF LK YWG...WITH TROF EXTENDING THROUGH RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NE SD...AND RIDGE THROUGH W ND. WHEN COMPARING INITIALIZATION CONDITIONS TO MODELS...ETA IS A BETTER MATCH THAN AVN. LOW SLIDES SLOWLY SE INTO N MN OVERNIGHT...KEEPING CWFA UNDER CYCLONIC FLOW. BOTH RIDGE AND LOW WEAKEN OVERNIGHT...ALLOWING SFC PRESSURE GRADIENT TO WEAKEN. WITH BEST MOISTURE REMAINING CLOSEST TO THE LOW...S CWFA WILL SEE MOST CLEARING...AND THEREFORE THE COLDEST TEMPS. ALTHOUGH CURRENT TEMPS HOLDING AROUND 30...ANTICIPATE TEMPS TO DROP PRETTY QUICKLY ONCE WINDS DROP OFF...ESPECIALLY IN CLOUDLESwS AREAS. ALL IN ALL...CURRENT FORECAST LOWS IN 20S LOOK GOOD. ONLY MINOR CHANGES NEEDED TO FORECAST. .FGF...NONE NG
The national radar mosaic for the moment the first event began.
1 flood. Local standard time, as filed.
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