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River Flood Watch 3, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 9, 2012McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood watch at Jun 9, 2012, 4:50 PM CDT for McKenzie County, Williams County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 9, 2012, 4:50 PM CDT (21:50 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2012, 8:47 AM CDT
In force: 40 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: None

Counties McKenzie County, ND, Williams County, ND

The river

Written for the forecast point Missouri River near Williston (WLTN8). The gauge peaked at 21.81 ft at Jun 10, 2012, 7:00 PM CDT.

Action stage: 20 ft
Minor stage: 22 ft
Moderate stage: 24 ft
Major stage: 26 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06330000, 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 Jun 9, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 2:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 9, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 12:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 44 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
Jun 9, 3:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Divide, McKenzie, Williams	54 min
Jun 9, 3:55 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Divide, McKenzie, Williams	4 hr
Jun 9, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Divide, McKenzie, Mountrail, Williams	61 min
Jun 9, 4:36 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail	24 min
Jun 9, 4:58 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Burke, McKenzie, McLean, Mountrail, Ward	4 hr
Jun 9, 4:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Burke, Dunn, McKenzie, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	61 min
Jun 9, 5:50 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, Renville, Ward	4 hr
Jun 9, 5:54 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Renville, Ward	66 min
Jun 9, 6:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	74 min
Jun 9, 6:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Rolette	4 hr
Jun 9, 9:25 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McKenzie, Mountrail, Ward, Williams	24 hr

Nearby

River Flood Watches in North Dakota, 2012 Every river flood watch in 2012

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.