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WGUS83 KFGF 010531  
FLSFGF  
 
FLOOD STATEMENT  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
1131 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2023  
 
...THE FLOOD WARNING CONTINUES FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN  
MINNESOTA...NORTH DAKOTA...  
 
RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT FARGO AFFECTING CASS AND CLAY COUNTIES.  
 
FOR THE RED RIVER...INCLUDING FARGO...MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
PLEASE REPORT OBSERVED FLOODING TO LOCAL EMERGENCY SERVICES OR LAW  
ENFORCEMENT AND REQUEST THEY PASS THIS INFORMATION TO THE NATIONAL  
WEATHER SERVICE WHEN YOU CAN DO SO SAFELY.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 
THE NEXT STATEMENT WILL BE ISSUED LATE MONDAY NIGHT AT 545 AM CST.  
 

 
 
MNC027-NDC017-021145-  
/O.EXT.KFGF.FL.W.0049.000000T0000Z-240103T0600Z/  
/FGON8.1.ER.231230T0945Z.231231T1645Z.240102T0000Z.NO/  
1131 PM CST SUN DEC 31 2023  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MINOR FLOODING IS FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...RED RIVER OF THE NORTH AT FARGO.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL EARLY WEDNESDAY MORNING.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 18.0 FEET, MINOR FLOOD. ELM ST BETWEEN 14TH AND 15TH  
AVE N IS CLOSED (FARGO). STORM SEWER PUMP STATIONS ARE BEGINNING  
TO OPERATE (FARGO).  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 11:15 PM CST SUNDAY THE STAGE WAS 18.3 FEET.  
- BANKFULL STAGE IS 17.0 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 11:15 PM CST SUNDAY WAS 18.6 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 18.4  
FEET JUST AFTER MIDNIGHT TONIGHT. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW  
FLOOD STAGE TOMORROW EVENING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 18.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4677 9671 4676 9689 4724 9694 4724 9683  
4715 9673  
 

 
 
VG  
 
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