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Areal Flood Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 6, 20114 counties in North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this areal flood warning at Apr 6, 2011, 3:09 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 19 days. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 6, 2011, 3:09 PM CDT (20:09 UTC)
Expired: Apr 25, 2011, 10:59 AM CDT
In force: 19 days
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Flood severity: None

Counties Foster County, ND, McLean County, ND, Sheridan County, ND, Wells County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:07 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.

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 Apr 6, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 6, 1:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 6, 4:52 AM CDT, 10 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
452 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011

NDZ019-020-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-071000-
MERCER-OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS-
LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
452 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 /352 AM MDT WED APR 6 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE FOLLOWING
TRIBUTARIES OF THE MISSOURI RIVER....THE CANNONBALL...APPLE
CREEK...AND BEAVER CREEK.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE JAMES RIVER
BASIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-071000-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN-
ADAMS-
452 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011 /352 AM MDT WED APR 6 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ001>005-009>013-021>023-025-071000-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
452 AM CDT WED APR 6 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SNOW MELT FLOODING. MELTWATER
MAY PRODUCE RUNOFF WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR OVERLAND FLOODING...
LARGELY THE RESULT OF BLOCKED DRAINAGES. AREAS THAT HAVE NOT SEEN
MUCH MELT ARE AT THE MOST RISK OF OVERLAND FLOODING FROM ICE
FILLED CULVERTS AND SNOW FILLED DITCHES THAT CAN EASILY BACK WATER
UP ON TOP OF ROADS OR DIVERT FLOW INTO OTHER LOW LYING AREAS.

FLOOD WARNINGS ARE IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF THE SOURIS RIVER BASIN.

MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 5, 7:32 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	120 days
Apr 5, 8:53 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Emmons	12 hr
Apr 6, 9:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Dickey	24 hr
Apr 6, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Renville	19 days
Apr 6, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	116 days
Apr 6, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	118 days
Apr 6, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	103 days
Apr 6, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	23 days
Apr 6, 11:22 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	106 days
Apr 6, 2:35 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, Mountrail, Pierce, Renville and 2 more	7 days
Apr 6, 2:58 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Divide, McKenzie, Williams	28 days
Apr 6, 3:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Stutsman	6 days

Nearby

Areal Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2011 Every areal flood warning in 2011

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.