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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 11, 2009LaMoure County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 11, 2009, 11:11 AM CDT for LaMoure County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 12, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 25 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 11, 2009, 11:11 AM CDT (16:11 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 12, 2009, 4:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 7, 2009, 1:00 AM CDT
In force: 25 days
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: Major

County LaMoure County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:11 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 James River at LaMoure (LAMN8). The gauge peaked at 17.55 ft at Apr 15, 2009, 2:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 12 ft
Minor stage: 14 ft
Moderate stage: 16 ft
Major stage: 18 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06470500, 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 Apr 11, 2:30 AM CDT, 8 hours 41 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 11, 2:30 AM CDT, 8 hours 41 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
Apr 10, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	5 days
Apr 10, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	7 days
Apr 10, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	7 days
Apr 10, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	9 days
Apr 10, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	30 days
Apr 10, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	29 days
Apr 10, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	5 days
Apr 10, 9:47 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	13 days
Apr 10, 10:07 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau	45 days
Apr 11, 9:18 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Williams	13 hr

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2009 Every 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.