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River Flood Warning 30, NWS Bismarck, ND

June 4, 2013Ward County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this river flood warning at Jun 4, 2013, 5:08 PM CDT for Ward County, North Dakota. It took effect at Jun 4, 2013, 8:49 PM CDT. It was in force for 36 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 4, 2013, 5:08 PM CDT (22:08 UTC)
In effect from: Jun 4, 2013, 8:49 PM CDT
Expired: Jun 6, 2013, 9:16 AM CDT
In force: 36 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 22:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The river

Written for the forecast point Des Lacs River at Foxholm (DESN8). The gauge peaked at 17.20 ft at Jun 6, 2013, 12:00 AM 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 Jun 4, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 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
Jun 3, 7:04 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Adams, Hettinger	26 min
Jun 3, 7:25 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	BIS	Grant	50 min
Jun 3, 8:19 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Burke, Mountrail	66 hr
Jun 3, 8:19 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS	Stutsman	6 days
Jun 3, 9:39 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS		18 hr
Jun 3, 9:39 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS		18 hr
Jun 3, 9:39 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	BIS		20 hr
Jun 4, 9:27 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Bottineau, Burke, McHenry, Mountrail, Renville, Ward	53 hr
Jun 4, 12:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	5 days
Jun 4, 1:04 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	McLean	49 hr
Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	BIS	Ward	4 days
Jun 4, 5:02 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	BIS	Pierce, Rolette	45 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.