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River Flood Advisory 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

February 17, 2011Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood advisory at Feb 17, 2011, 2:40 PM CST for Ward County, North Dakota. It was in force for 2 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Feb 17, 2011, 2:40 PM CST (20:40 UTC)
Expired: Feb 17, 2011, 4:52 PM CST
In force: 2 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County Ward County, ND

The river

Written for the forecast point Souris River near Foxholm (FOXN8). The gauge peaked at 10.00 ft at Feb 17, 2011, 2:00 PM CST.

Action stage: 1572 ft
Minor stage: 1573 ft
Moderate stage: 1576 ft
Major stage: 1578 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05116000, 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 advisory 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 advisory went out at Feb 17, 12:38 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Feb 17, 12:38 PM CST, 2 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Feb 17, 12:45 PM CST, 1 hour 55 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Feb 17, 9:23 AM CST, 5 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
923 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-171700-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER
923 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011

...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THIS MORNING ACROSS
NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW...WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES OVER THE
NEXT SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO ONE QUARTER OF A
MILE OR LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.

TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE...DELAY TRAVEL
UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

NH

Special weather statement, Feb 17, 9:24 AM CST, 5 hours 16 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
924 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011

NDZ001-002-009-010-017-018-171700-
DIVIDE-BURKE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-MCKENZIE-DUNN-
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...CROSBY...BOWBELLS...WILLISTON...
NEW TOWN...WATFORD CITY...KILLDEER
924 AM CST THU FEB 17 2011

...NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS AT TIMES THIS MORNING ACROSS
NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA...

NORTHWEST WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...COMBINED WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY
SNOW...WILL RESULT IN NEAR BLIZZARD CONDITIONS OVER THE NEXT
SEVERAL HOURS. VISIBILITIES WILL FALL TO ONE QUARTER OF A MILE OR
LESS AT TIMES...ESPECIALLY IN OPEN COUNTRY.

TRAVEL WILL BE VERY HAZARDOUS. IF AT ALL POSSIBLE...DELAY TRAVEL
UNTIL CONDITIONS IMPROVE.

NH

Special weather statement, Feb 17, 12:19 PM CST, 2 hours 21 minutes before

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Local storm report, Feb 17, 12:55 PM CST, 1 hour 45 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
Feb 17, 11:53 AM CST	Blizzard Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, Divide, McHenry, McKenzie, Mountrail and 4 more	6 hr
Feb 17, 11:53 AM CST	Winter Weather Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	6 hr
Feb 17, 3:15 PM CST	Wind Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 13 more	9 hr

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River Flood Advisories in North Dakota, 2011 Every river flood advisory 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.