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Flood Watch 4, NWS Bismarck, ND

October 9, 2013Adams County, Grant County, Hettinger County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this flood watch at Oct 9, 2013, 2:12 PM MDT for Adams County, Grant County, Hettinger County, North Dakota. It took effect at Oct 11, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Oct 9, 2013, 2:12 PM MDT (20:12 UTC)
In effect from: Oct 11, 2013, 12:00 AM MDT
Expired: Oct 11, 2013, 2:36 AM MDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: None

Counties Adams County, ND, Grant County, ND, Hettinger County, ND

The radar

The Bismarck radar (KBIS), 123 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this 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 flood watch went out at Oct 9, 1:46 PM MDT, 26 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 9, 1:46 PM MDT, 26 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 9, 1:01 PM MDT, 1 hour 11 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
Oct 9, 2:27 PM MDT	High Wind Watch	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bottineau, Bowman, Burke, Divide and 13 more	24 hr

Nearby

Flood Watches in North Dakota, 2013 Every flood watch in 2013

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.