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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 26, 2013Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2013, 3:08 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 28, 2013, 7:45 AM CDT. It was in force for 48 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 26, 2013, 3:08 PM CDT (20:08 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 28, 2013, 7:45 AM CDT
Expired
Apr 30, 2013, 7:23 AM CDT
In force
48 hr
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity
Minor

County Ward County, ND

The river

Written for the forecast point Des Lacs River at Foxholm (DESN8). The gauge peaked at 19.37 ft at Apr 28, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT.

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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 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 26, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 26, 1:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 26, 6:52 AM CDT, 8 hours 16 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE BISMARCK ND
652 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2013

NDZ001>005-011>013-023-025-270900-
DIVIDE-BURKE-RENVILLE-BOTTINEAU-ROLETTE-WARD-MCHENRY-PIERCE-WELLS-
FOSTER-
652 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2013

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...TODAY AND TONIGHT

FLOOD WARNINGS REMAIN IN EFFECT AT VARIOUS POINTS ALONG THE
SOURIS RIVER UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. FOR DETAILED INFORMATION IN
YOUR AREA...VISIT WWW.WEATHER.GOV/BISMARCK. FOR INFORMATION ON
RIVER STAGES AND FORECASTS CLICK ON THE RIVERS AND LAKES TAB NEAR
THE TOP OF THE MAIN PAGE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOURIS RIVER BASIN THROUGH THE
WEEKEND. HIGHS IN THE 60S ARE FORECAST FOR MUCH OF THE SOURIS
BASIN TODAY...WITH HIGHS POSSIBLY IN THE 70S ON SATURDAY AND THE 60S
AGAIN ON SUNDAY. OVERNIGHT LOW TEMPERATURES ARE ALSO EXPECTED TO
REMAIN ABOVE FREEZING THROUGH THE WEEKEND. THIS TEMPERATURE
PATTERN WILL SUPPORT A VERY AGGRESSIVE MELT OF MOST OF THE
SNOWPACK. RIVER AND STREAM RISES ARE LIKELY FRIDAY...THROUGH THE
WEEKEND... ALONG WITH AN INCREASED RISK OF OVERLAND FLOODING.
THOSE LIVING IN FLOOD PRONE AREAS SHOULD USE THIS WEEK TO ASSESS
THEIR FLOOD RISK FROM BOTH RIVER AND OVERLAND FLOODING...AND TAKE
APPROPRIATE ACTION TO PROTECT LIFE AND PROPERTY.

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT ANY FLOODING TO THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN BISMARCK.

NDZ010-021-022-036-037-047-048-050-051-270900-
MOUNTRAIL-MCLEAN-SHERIDAN-KIDDER-STUTSMAN-LOGAN-LA MOURE-MCINTOSH-
DICKEY-
652 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS MONDAY AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

NDZ009-017>020-031>035-040>046-270900-
WILLIAMS-MCKENZIE-DUNN-MERCER-OLIVER-GOLDEN VALLEY-BILLINGS-STARK-
MORTON-BURLEIGH-SLOPE-HETTINGER-GRANT-BOWMAN-ADAMS-SIOUX-EMMONS-
652 AM CDT FRI APR 26 2013 /552 AM MDT FRI APR 26 2013/

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THE FIRE DANGER INDEX WILL BE IN THE VERY HIGH CATEGORY ON
SATURDAY AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

LTH/WAA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISWard5 days
Apr 26, 4:26 PM CDTFire Weather WatchBISAdams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more12 hr
Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISWard6 days
Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningBISMcHenry7 days
Apr 26, 4:49 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningBISBottineau, Burke, Divide, Foster, McHenry, Pierce and 4 more8 days

Nearby

River Flood Warnings in North Dakota, 2013Every river flood warning 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; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.