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River Flood Warning 16, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 10, 2009Mercer County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 10, 2009, 5:06 AM MDT for Mercer County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 10, 2009, 2:24 PM MDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 10, 2009, 5:06 AM MDT (11:06 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 10, 2009, 2:24 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 15, 2009, 1:12 AM MDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity
Moderate

County Mercer County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 101 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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 Spring Creek (ND) at Zap (ZAPN8). The gauge peaked at 17.58 ft at Apr 12, 2009, 11:00 PM MDT.

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Action stage
12 ft
Minor stage
14 ft
Moderate stage
18 ft
Major stage
20 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06340000, 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
Apr 10, 2:35 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningBISEmmons58 hr
Apr 10, 9:29 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBISMercer, Oliver7 days
Apr 10, 9:29 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBISBurleigh12 days
Apr 10, 10:30 AM MDTAreal Flood WarningBISDickey, Foster, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 3 more48 hr
Apr 10, 10:31 AM MDTRiver Flood WarningBISFoster12 days

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.