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River Flood Warning 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 17, 2010Foster County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Mar 17, 2010, 9:04 PM CDT for Foster County, North Dakota. It took effect at Mar 20, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Mar 17, 2010, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
In effect from
Mar 20, 2010, 7:00 AM CDT
Expired
Mar 19, 2010, 11:48 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity
Major

County Foster County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 117 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:08 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 James River near Grace City (GCEN8).

Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
12 ft
Moderate stage
14 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06468170, 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
Mar 18, 9:46 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryBISStutsman24 hr
Mar 18, 9:59 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISFoster26 hr
Mar 18, 10:25 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISBurleigh6 days
Mar 18, 10:51 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISStutsman24 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2010Every river flood warning in 2010

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.