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Areal Flood Warning 2, NWS Bismarck, ND

March 17, 2011Billings County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this areal flood warning at Mar 17, 2011, 2:24 AM MDT for Billings County, North Dakota. It was in force for 7 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Mar 17, 2011, 2:24 AM MDT (08:24 UTC)
Expired: Mar 17, 2011, 9:41 AM MDT
In force: 7 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

County Billings County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 201 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal 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 areal flood warning went out at Mar 16, 11:01 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Mar 16, 11:01 PM MDT, 3 hours 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Mar 16, 11:17 PM MDT, 3 hours 7 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
Mar 17, 9:46 AM MDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Billings, Golden Valley	51 hr
Mar 17, 11:58 AM MDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 16 more	6 hr
Mar 17, 3:32 PM MDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Morton, Sioux	10 days

Nearby

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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.