Apr 11, 2023
With below average temperatures through early spring, still frozen soils and deep snow cover, a mild stretch of temperatures during the second week of April resulted in rapid snowmelt. Much of this melt entered waterways resulting in flooding along the North Fork Yellow Bank River beginning on April 11th with a peak in moderate flood stage at 1044.65 feet on the afternoon of April 12th. At this level, flooding impacted portions of 487th Avenue, a nearby bridge and agricultural lands.||A Presiden
Source: NOAA National Weather Service Storm Events Database (event 1089482). Narrative written by NWS staff at the time of the event.
This event is one of many recorded floods in Grant County. See the full FEMA flood zone map, NFIP claim totals, and disaster history for the area.