Alert archive / North Dakota / River Flood Warnings in 2011
River Flood Warning 14, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 5, 2011, 4:40 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It was in force for 25 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2011, 4:40 PM CDT (21:40 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 30, 2011, 9:03 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 days
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Flood severity
- Minor
County Stutsman County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:38 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 Pipestem Creek near Pingree (PGEN8). The gauge peaked at 11.96 ft at Apr 9, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 10 ft
- Minor stage
- 11 ft
- Moderate stage
- 13 ft
- Major stage
- 15 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06469400, 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 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 river flood warning went out at Apr 5, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 5, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 5, 3:55 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND 355 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 NDZ019-020-034>037-042-045>048-050-051-062100- MERCER-OLIVER-MORTON-BURLEIGH-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-GRANT-SIOUX-EMMONS- LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-DICKEY- 355 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 /255 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...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. MORE INFORMATION CAN BE FOUND ONLINE AT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BIS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ017-018-031>033-040-041-043-044-062100- MCKENZIE-DUNN-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-SLOPE-HETTINGER-BOWMAN- ADAMS- 355 PM CDT TUE APR 5 2011 /255 PM MDT TUE APR 5 2011/ THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST NORTH DAKOTA. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. NDZ001>005-009>013-021>023-025-062100- DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WILLIAMS-MOUNTRAIL-WARD- MCHENRY-PIERCE-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-WELLS-FOSTER- 355 PM CDT TUE APR 5 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...TONIGHT A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SNOW MELT FLOODING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. MELTWATER SHOULD BEGIN TO PRODUCE RUNOFF WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR OVERLAND FLOODING...LARGELY THE RESULT OF BLOCKED DRAINAGE. AREAS THAT HAVE NOT YET 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...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... AS PROBLEMS BEGIN TO APPEAR...THOSE CONCERNED SHOULD CALL THEIR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT WITH INFORMATION ON WATER TOPPED ROADS FOR RELAY ON TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. WAA
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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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.