April 1, 2004 Highly unusual early spring flood runoff for Red River Red River Grand Forks, ND / East Grand Forks, MN by Pat Neuman, Hydrologist (personal effort)
Snowmelt and 2-3 inches of rain last weekend (March 27-28) in North Dakota and Minnesota led to this unusual early spring flood event. Daily flow at East Grand Forks, MN / Grand Forks, ND yesterday was one of the top three highest daily flows of record (101 years) for this early in the spring season (March 31st ) at the river gage (Table 1). This event was especially unusual in that the heaviest runoff within the Red River basin occurred downstream (northwest) of the gage. ------------------------------------------------------- Table 1: Top three highest flows of record for January through March (1904 to current) Red River Grand Forks, ND / East Grand Forks, MN Year MoDy Daily-Q 1995 0331 34200 1999 0331 49700 2004 0331 [ * ] [ * ] Personal estimate: approximately 34,000-36,000 Key: - - - MoDy... Month Day - - - Daily... Mean daily flow (cubic feet per second-day) - - - one cubic feet per second-day = 86,400 cubic feet Daily discharge data is computed by the United States Geological Survey (USGS) ------------------------------------------------------- This effort represents personal views only, giving no implication that the author's employer (not shown) has knowledge or gives support to the effort shown above. This was a not-for-profit effort on personal time using personal or public library resources only, and should not be viewed as an official government product. If interested persons have any questions about this article they are requested to e-mail or call the author at home-only, shown below. Please do not attempt to contact U.S. government agencies about the content of this product. The position of U.S. government agencies since early in year 2000 has been that subjects that may be related to climate change are too controversial for government employees to consider or account for in their work, or to make comment on to others. Pat Neuman Home only: e-mail address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: 952 906 2824 Chanhassen, MN THE WORLD IS IN CRISIS DUE TO GLOBAL WARMING! Hydrologist's recommended links: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchive/message/608 Financial incentives-ConserveNow! http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ClimateArchive/message/229 ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! _______________________________________________ Twin Cities Metropolitan Issues Forum http://www.e-democracy.org/tcmetro Rules: Sign posts with real name. You may not post more than twice a day.
