Crookston and the KROX listening area along with portions of northwest Minnesota and northeast North Dakota are in a flood warning. The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a flood warning for Crookston and the Red Lake River from Sunday morning until further notice.
At 9:45 a.m. Thursday the Red Lake River had risen to 8.8 feet. Flood stage is 15 feet and moderate flood stage is 23 feet. The river is expected to reach flood stage by late Sunday morning and continue to rise to near 24 feet by Wednesday evening. Additional rises are possible.
Warming temperatures will promote much-increased snowmelt runoff, overland flow, and ice jam flooding through the end of the week; with rising river levels for all streams and rivers north of Wahpeton-Breckenridge.
The National Weather Service advises drivers not to travel through a flooded area – turn around, don’t drown. Persons in the warned area need to take steps to protect life and property. If necessary, move to a higher and safer location. Persons living in the Red River Basin should monitor river levels while the river is in, or near, flood.
Other locations in a flood warning include Twin Valley on the Wild Rice River, Shelly on the Marsh River, Climax on the Sandhill River, East Grand Forks, Halstad, Oslo, Marshall County, Polk County, Norman County, Trail County, Grand Forks County, Walsh County on the Red River.
