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River Flood Warning 11, NWS Bismarck, ND
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.
- 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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</html>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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Ward | 5 days |
| Apr 26, 4:26 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant and 8 more | 12 hr |
| Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Ward | 6 days |
| Apr 26, 4:45 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | McHenry | 7 days |
| Apr 26, 4:49 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, Burke, Divide, Foster, McHenry, Pierce and 4 more | 8 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.