643  
WGUS43 KFGF 091544  
FLWFGF  
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  
FLOOD WARNING  
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND  
1044 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025  
 
...FORECAST FLOODING CHANGED FROM MINOR TO MODERATE SEVERITY AND  
INCREASED IN DURATION FOR THE FOLLOWING RIVERS IN MINNESOTA...  
 
SOUTH BRANCH BUFFALO RIVER AT SABIN AFFECTING CLAY COUNTY.  
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...  
 
SAFETY MESSAGE - TURN AROUND, DON'T DROWN. DON'T TRAVEL THROUGH  
FLOODED AREAS. MOST FLOOD DEATHS OCCUR IN VEHICLES.  
 
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV.  
 

 
 
MNC027-102145-  
/O.EXT.KFGF.FL.W.0004.000000T0000Z-250813T2000Z/  
/SABM5.2.ER.250807T1458Z.250810T0000Z.250812T1400Z.NO/  
1044 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 2025  
   
..FLOOD WARNING NOW IN EFFECT UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON
 
 
* WHAT...MINOR FLOODING IS OCCURRING AND MODERATE FLOODING IS  
FORECAST.  
 
* WHERE...SOUTH BRANCH BUFFALO RIVER AT SABIN.  
 
* WHEN...UNTIL WEDNESDAY AFTERNOON.  
 
* IMPACTS...AT 15.0 FEET, MODERATE FLOOD STAGE.  
 
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...  
- AT 9:45 AM CDT SATURDAY THE STAGE WAS 14.8 FEET.  
- RECENT ACTIVITY...THE MAXIMUM RIVER STAGE IN THE 24 HOURS  
ENDING AT 9:45 AM CDT SATURDAY WAS 14.8 FEET.  
- FORECAST...THE RIVER IS EXPECTED TO RISE TO A CREST OF 15.0  
FEET THIS EVENING. IT WILL THEN FALL BELOW FLOOD STAGE LATE  
TUESDAY MORNING.  
- FLOOD STAGE IS 13.0 FEET.  
 

 
 
LAT...LON 4689 9670 4686 9657 4663 9650 4663 9666  
 

 
 
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