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River Flood Warning 15, NWS Bismarck, ND

April 28, 2013Stutsman County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 28, 2013, 2:54 PM CDT for Stutsman County, North Dakota. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 10:07 AM CDT. It was in force for 6 days.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 28, 2013, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
In effect from
May 2, 2013, 10:07 AM CDT
Expired
May 8, 2013, 12:10 PM CDT
In force
6 days
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity
Moderate

County Stutsman County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The river

Written for the forecast point Pipestem Creek near Pingree (PGEN8). The gauge peaked at 10.90 ft at Apr 28, 2013, 1:00 PM CDT.

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Action stage
10 ft
Minor stage
11 ft
Moderate stage
13 ft
Major stage
15 ft

This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests

Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 06469400, 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 27, 3:24 PM CDT, 23 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 27, 3:24 PM CDT, 23 hours 30 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 27, 4:24 PM CDT, 22 hours 30 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 28, 12:50 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchBISBottineau, McHenry48 hr
Apr 28, 5:39 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchBIS22 hr

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.