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River Flood Warning 13, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 1, 2010Emmons County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 1, 2010, 11:46 AM CDT for Emmons County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 3, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 33 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 1, 2010, 11:46 AM CDT (16:46 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 3, 2010, 11:00 AM CDT
Expired: Apr 4, 2010, 8:12 PM CDT
In force: 33 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: Moderate

County Emmons County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 67 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Beaver Creek (South Central ND) at Linton (BVRN8). The gauge peaked at 7.78 ft at Mar 31, 2010, 12:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 9 ft
Minor stage: 12 ft
Moderate stage: 14 ft
Major stage: 16 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06354580, 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 1, 10:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 1, 10:17 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 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 1, 12:43 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Morton	12 hr
Apr 1, 11:37 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Foster	4 days
Apr 1, 11:51 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Burleigh	3 days
Apr 1, 1:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Morton	48 hr
Apr 1, 3:43 PM CDT	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn and 14 more	33 hr

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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.