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River Flood Watch 1, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 10, 2011

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood watch at May 10, 2011, 2:23 PM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 10, 2011, 2:23 PM CDT (19:23 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 2011, 2:23 PM CDT
In force: 6 days
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: None

The river

Written for the forecast point Des Lacs River at Foxholm (DESN8). The gauge peaked at 16.57 ft at May 11, 2011, 6:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 1650 ft
Minor stage: 1651 ft
Moderate stage: 1653 ft
Major stage: 1654 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05116500, 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 watch 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 watch went out at May 9, 4:09 PM CDT, 22 hours 14 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 9, 4:09 PM CDT, 22 hours 14 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 4:54 PM CDT, 21 hours 29 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
May 9, 8:37 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	4 days
May 9, 10:15 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 4 more	15 hr
May 10, 1:43 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Grant, Sioux	62 min
May 10, 2:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Kidder	44 min
May 10, 2:58 AM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	14 hr
May 10, 3:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burleigh, Emmons, Kidder, Logan	47 min
May 10, 3:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Kidder, Stutsman, Wells	54 min
May 10, 11:10 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Williams	33 hr
May 10, 12:34 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	68 days
May 10, 2:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	3 hr
May 10, 2:05 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	105 days
May 10, 4:43 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Renville	67 hr

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.