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River Flood Warning 26, NWS Bismarck, ND

May 31, 2013Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at May 31, 2013, 12:50 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It took effect at Jun 1, 2013, 1:32 AM CDT. It was in force for 58 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 31, 2013, 12:50 PM CDT (17:50 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 1, 2013, 1:32 AM CDT
Expired: Jun 3, 2013, 11:38 AM CDT
In force: 58 hr
Issued by: NWS Bismarck, ND
Flood severity: Minor

County Ward County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 May 31, 11:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 11:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 30 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
May 30, 9:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	McLean	12 hr
May 31, 8:28 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Adams, Billings, Bowman, Burleigh, Dunn, Emmons and 13 more	9 hr
May 31, 10:50 AM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Stutsman	24 hr
May 31, 11:02 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	BIS	Morton	36 hr
May 31, 11:58 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McKenzie, Williams	58 hr
May 31, 12:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	10 days
May 31, 12:50 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	McHenry	11 days
May 31, 1:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Dunn	20 hr
May 31, 1:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Mercer, Oliver	20 hr
May 31, 1:35 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Mercer	10 hr
May 31, 1:59 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS		10 hr
May 31, 5:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette, Ward	24 hr
May 31, 6:26 PM CDT	Wind Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, McHenry, Pierce, Renville, Rolette, Sheridan and 1 more	6 hr

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