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River Flood Warning 32, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 12, 2009Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 12, 2009, 8:54 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 22, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 12, 2009, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 22, 2009, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 17, 2009, 8:20 PM CDT
In force
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: Minor

County Ward County, ND

The river

Written for the forecast point Souris River near Foxholm (FOXN8). The gauge peaked at 7.89 ft at Apr 14, 2009, 8:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 1572 ft
Minor stage: 1573 ft
Moderate stage: 1576 ft
Major stage: 1578 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05116000, 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 12, 3:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 3:28 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 4:37 AM CDT, 16 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
437 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009

NDZ001>005-009>013-017>023-025-031>037-040>048-050-051-130945-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-
FOSTER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-
STUTSMAN-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-
LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
437 AM CDT SUN APR 12 2009 /337 AM MDT SUN APR 12 2009/

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH
DAKOTA...SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

MELTING SNOW WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE RIVER LEVELS TO RISE NEAR OR
ABOVE FLOOD STAGE ON SEVERAL PARTS OF THE SOURIS RIVER...THE
CANNONBALL RIVER...THE JAMES RIVER...AND THEIR TRIBUTARIES.
NUMEROUS FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR WESTERN AND CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA.

IN ADDITION...NUMEROUS RAIN SHOWERS WILL OCCUR IN WESTERN NORTH
DAKOTA TODAY WHILE SCATTERED RAIN SHOWERS WILL OCCUR IN CENTRAL
NORTH DAKOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

A SIGNIFICANT AND SLOW MOVING STORM LOOKS TO BE ON TRACK WHICH
POTENTIALLY COULD BRING A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF RAIN TO WESTERN
AND CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA BEGINNING WEDNESDAY AND INTO THE UPCOMING
WEEKEND. THERE IS SOME POSSIBILITY THAT THE RAIN COULD MIX WITH
AND CHANGE OVER TO SNOW IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA. STAY TUNED FOR
FUTURE FORECASTS AS THIS COULD HAVE A SIGNIFICANT IMPACT ON THE
ONGOING FLOODING SITUATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT FLOODING OR RAPIDLY RISING WATER
LEVELS TO LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT OR TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

KS

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 13, 3:33 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	69 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.