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River Flood Advisory 8, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 18, 2011McHenry County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood advisory at Apr 18, 2011, 8:06 PM CDT for McHenry County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 18, 2011, 8:06 PM CDT (01:06 UTC)
Expired: Apr 18, 2011, 8:46 PM CDT
In force: 40 min
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND

County McHenry County, ND

The river

Written for the forecast point Souris River at Velva (VLVN8).

Action stage: 1506 ft
Minor stage: 1507 ft
Moderate stage: 1512 ft
Major stage: 1517 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 Apr 18, 7:26 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 18, 7:26 PM CDT, 40 minutes before

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
726 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011

.UPDATE...
MINOR UPDATE FOR FIRST PERIOD TEMP TRENDS.

&&

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT RANGE MODEL/ENSEMBLE TRENDS INDICATING CURRENT FORECAST ON
TRACK. EXPECTING HEAVIER SNOWS OVER THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF THE
FORECAST AREA THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.

&&

.AVIATION...
ANOTHER SPRING STORM WILL IMPACT TAF SITES THROUGH THE PERIOD.
PRECIP TYPE WILL NOT BE AN ISSUE...WITH THE MAIN QUESTION BEING
SNOW INTENSITY. WITH THE 00Z/19 TAF ISSUANCE...WENT WITH A PERIOD
OF VSBYS AOB 1SM AT KDIK/KBIS FROM LATE MORNING INTO THE AFTERNOON.
KJMS MAY EVENTUALLY SEE SIMILAR VSBYS IN SN LATE IN THE TAF
PERIOD. NOT EXPECTING HEAVY SNOW ACROSS THE NORTH...AND KEPT VSBYS
IN MVFR RANGE WITH BORDERLINE IFR/MVFR CIGS.

&&

.BIS WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 10 PM THIS EVENING TO 1 AM CDT
WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ017>020.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 10 PM CDT /9 PM MDT/ THIS EVENING TO 1
AM CDT /MIDNIGHT MDT/ WEDNESDAY FOR NDZ031>034-040>045.

WINTER STORM WARNING FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR
NDZ035>037-046>048-050-051.

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY FROM 4 AM TUESDAY TO 7 AM CDT WEDNESDAY
FOR NDZ021>023-025.

&&

UPDATE...KINNEY

Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 18, 4:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
416 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011

NDZ031>037-040>048-050-051-192130-
GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-
SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-LOGAN-LA MOURE-
MCINTOSH-DICKEY-
416 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011 /316 PM MDT MON APR 18 2011/

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A WINTER STORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT.
SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WINTER STORM WARNING CONTINUES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK
WEEK WITH PERIODIC CHANCES OF RAIN AND/OR SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH
FRIDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH SNOW REPORTS.

NDZ017>023-025-192130-
MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER-
416 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

A WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY IS IN EFFECT TONIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT. SEE WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS FOR DETAILS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

WINTER WEATHER ADVISORY CONTINUES TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT.

UNSETTLED WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE REMAINDER OF THE WORK
WEEK WITH PERIODIC CHANCES OF RAIN AND/OR SNOW CONTINUING THROUGH
FRIDAY

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS AND COOPERATIVE OBSERVERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO CALL THE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE WITH SNOW REPORTS.

NDZ001>005-009>013-192130-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD-
MCHENRY-PIERCE-
416 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

LIGHT SNOW WILL DEVELOP ON TUESDAY AND CONTINUE INTO TUESDAY
NIGHT. AT THIS TIME SIGNIFICANT ACCUMULATIONS ARE NOT EXPECTED.

PERIODIC CHANCES OF RAIN AND SNOW CAN BE EXPECTED THROUGH NEXT
WEEK...WITH THE BEST CHANCES OF SNOW ON TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

TWH

In the hours before

Local storm report, Apr 18, 4:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
418 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0418 PM     SNOW             HALLIDAY                47.35N 102.34W
04/18/2011  M3.8 INCH        DUNN               ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

            SNOWFALL LAST 24HRS.

&&

KSIMOSKO

Local storm report, Apr 18, 4:50 PM CDT, 3 hours 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
450 PM CDT MON APR 18 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0400 PM     SNOW             BOWBELLS                48.80N 102.25W
04/18/2011  M5.1 INCH        BURKE              ND   CO-OP OBSERVER

&&

LHUBER

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	McHenry	40 min
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau	40 min
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	McHenry	40 min
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry	40 min
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Renville	40 min
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	40 min
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	40 min
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	40 min
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	Ward	40 min
Apr 18, 8:06 PM CDT	River Flood Advisory	BIS	McHenry	40 min

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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.