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River Flood Warning 35, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 17, 2009Billings County, Golden Valley County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 17, 2009, 4:36 AM MDT for Billings County, Golden Valley County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 17, 2009, 2:00 PM MDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 17, 2009, 4:36 AM MDT (10:36 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 17, 2009, 2:00 PM MDT
Expired
Apr 21, 2009, 10:06 AM MDT
In force
4 days
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity
Minor

Counties Billings County, ND, Golden Valley County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 218 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 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 Little Missouri River at Medora (MDAN8). The gauge peaked at 16.43 ft at Apr 19, 2009, 3:00 AM MDT.

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Action stage
13 ft
Minor stage
15 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 06336000, one reading an hour, from a day before the product to a day after it ended. Flood stages are today's.

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.