Alert archive / North Dakota / River Flood Warnings in 2013
River Flood Warning 19, NWS Bismarck, ND
NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Apr 30, 2013, 2:26 PM CDT for Bottineau County, North Dakota. It took effect at May 2, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT. It was in force for 98 days.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 30, 2013, 2:26 PM CDT (19:26 UTC)
- In effect from
- May 2, 2013, 4:00 PM CDT
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2013, 11:49 AM CDT
- In force
- 98 days
- Issued by
- NWS Bismarck, ND
- Flood severity
- Moderate
County Bottineau County, ND
The radar
The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 Souris River near Westhope (WSTN8). The gauge peaked at 15.72 ft at Jun 23, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT.
- Action stage
- 1413 ft
- Minor stage
- 1414 ft
- Moderate stage
- 1418 ft
- Major stage
- 1420 ft
This gauge today: stage, forecast and historic crests
Stage from the USGS instantaneous record for site 05124000, 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 30, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 30, 12:51 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 30, 6:34 AM CDT, 7 hours 52 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>In the hours before
Local storm report, Apr 30, 10:49 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>Local storm report, Apr 30, 11:17 AM CDT, 3 hours 9 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
<meta charset="utf-8">
<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
<title>Service Notice</title>
<link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
<main class="wrap">
<section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
<div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
<h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
<p id="message1">
The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
</p>
<p id="message2">
Please try again in a few minutes.
</p>
<p class="small" id="detail">
If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
</p>
</section>
</main>
<script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Bismarck, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 30, 3:24 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | BIS | Dickey, Emmons, Kidder, LaMoure, Logan, McIntosh and 1 more | 19 days |
| Apr 30, 4:44 AM CDT | Wind Advisory | BIS | Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dickey, Dunn and 20 more | 14 hr |
| Apr 30, 12:19 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Renville | 4 days |
| Apr 30, 12:43 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | BIS | Bottineau, McHenry | 10 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive; the gauge from the NWS water service and the USGS.