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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 24, 2008McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at May 24, 2008, 11:11 AM CDT for McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota. It took effect at May 26, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 45 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 24, 2008, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
In effect from: May 26, 2008, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired: May 28, 2008, 10:28 AM CDT
In force: 45 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: Minor

Counties McKenzie County, ND, Williams County, ND

The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River near Williston (WLTN8). The gauge peaked at 19.53 ft at May 25, 2008, 9:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06330000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this river flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Bismarck, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this river flood warning went out at May 24, 10:22 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 24, 10:22 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 24, 3:48 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Burleigh, Dickey, Emmons, Foster and 15 more	15 hr
May 24, 5:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Adams, Grant, Hettinger, Sioux	50 min
May 24, 6:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	62 min

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2008 Every river flood warning in 2008

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.