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River Flood Warning 12, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 26, 2013Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 26, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It took effect at Apr 28, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT. It was in force for 4 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Apr 26, 2013, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
In effect from: Apr 28, 2013, 3:00 AM CDT
Expired: May 2, 2013, 1:36 PM CDT
In force: 4 days
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: Minor

County Ward County, ND

The river

Written for the forecast point Souris River at Sawyer (SWRN8).

Action stage: 1523 ft
Minor stage: 1524 ft
Moderate stage: 1526 ft
Major stage: 1528 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record, 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 25, 6:05 PM CDT, 22 hours 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 25, 6:05 PM CDT, 22 hours 40 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
Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	5 days
Apr 26, 3:08 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	4 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	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, 2013 Every 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.