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River Flood Warning 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 19, 2009Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 19, 2009, 11:45 AM CDT for Morton County, Sioux County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 20, 2009, 5:48 AM CDT. It was in force for 8 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 19, 2009, 11:45 AM CDT (16:45 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 20, 2009, 5:48 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 28, 2009, 8:02 AM CDT
In force
8 days
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Morton County, ND, Sioux County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 50 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Cannonball River at Breien (BREN8).

Action stage
8 ft
Minor stage
10 ft
Moderate stage
20 ft
Major stage
23 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06354000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 2:19 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISGrant, Sioux12 hr
Mar 19, 10:53 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISDunn, McKenzie23 hr
Mar 19, 1:39 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISGrant, Morton, Sioux58 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2009Every river flood warning in 2009

Sources

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